nigrify

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verb

To make black in colour; to blacken.

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Meanings

verbnigrify (third-person singular simple present nigrifies, present participle nigrifying, simple past and past participle nigrified)

present singular third person nigrifies · participle present nigrifying · participle past nigrified · past nigrified

  1. transitiveTo make black in colour; to blacken.

    An adventurous London journalist, who is going to Abyssinia in advance of the expedition, tried to nigrify himself recently with tincture of iodine.

    1868, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volumes 27-28, page 97

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
blackendenigrate
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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