melanize

An obsolete verb meaning to make black or dark, or to become black or dark; to darken.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Verb mit der Bedeutung, etwas schwarz oder dunkel zu machen bzw. schwarz oder dunkel zu werden; schwärzen, verdunkeln.

1. Convert into or infiltrate with melanin C2 formal scientific

   To cause the production or deposition of melanin in a tissue or organism.

   • The cells began to melanize after exposure to UV light.
   • Certain hormones can melanize the skin in response to sun exposure.
   • The process to melanize the sample was observed under a microscope.

   🇩🇪Melanisieren

   Antonyme: bleachdecolorizelightenwhiten

2. Make or become black C2 formal

   To turn something black or dark in color.

   • The chemical reaction caused the solution to melanize.
   • The artist used a special technique to melanize the canvas.
   • Over time, the metal began to melanize due to oxidation.

   🇩🇪Schwärzen

   Synonyme: blackendarkenebonizenigrify

   Antonyme: blanchbleachdecolorizeetiolatewhiten