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NIGRIFY (nigrified)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nigrify mean?
• NIGRIFY (verb)
The verb NIGRIFY has 1 sense:
1. make or become black
Familiarity information: NIGRIFY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make or become black
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
black; blacken; nigrify; melanise; melanize
Context examples:
The smoke blackened the ceiling / The ceiling blackened
Hypernyms (to "nigrify" is one way to...):
color; colour; discolor; discolour (change color, often in an undesired manner)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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