decolorate

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verb

To decolor; to deprive of color.

OriginEnglish colorate ← Middle English colour ← Anglo-Norman colur →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbdecolorate (third-person singular simple present decolorates, present participle decolorating, simple past and past participle decolorated)

present singular third person decolorates · participle present decolorating · participle past decolorated · past decolorated

  1. transitiveTo decolor; to deprive of color.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  9. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  10. Old Latincolōs
  11. Latincolor
  12. Old Frenchcolor
  13. Anglo-Normancolur
  14. Middle Englishcolour
  15. Englishcolor
  16. Englishcolorate
  17. Englishdecolorate

From de- + colorate.

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APA

decolorate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decolorate

MLA

“decolorate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decolorate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decolorate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decolorate.

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