melanise

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melanise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  melanise
      v 1: convert into, or infiltrate with melanin [syn: melanize,
           melanise]
      2: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The
         ceiling blackened" [syn: blacken, melanize, melanise,
         nigrify, black] [ant: white, whiten]