decolorize

English edit

Alternative forms edit

decolourise, decolourize (Commonwealth)
decolorise

Etymology edit

de- +‎ color +‎ -ize

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈkʌləɹaɪz/, /diːˈkʊləɹaɪz/

Verb edit

decolorize (third-person singular simple present decolorizes, present participle decolorizing, simple past and past participle decolorized)

(US, transitive) To remove the color from.
(US, intransitive) To lose one’s color.
- 1912 November, Edwin Henry Schorer, “Experimental Studies on Milk”, in Ludvig Hektoen, Edwin O. Jordan, editors, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume II, number 3, page 331:
  According to Rühm fresh milk remains blue for 12 hours or more, and infected milk decolorizes in less than one hour.