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colorize

[ kuhl-uh-rahyz ]
/ ˈkʌl əˌraɪz /
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verb (used with object), col·or·ized, col·or·iz·ing.
to cause to appear in color; enhance with color, especially by computer: to colorize old black-and-white movies for television.
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Also especially British, col·or·ise .

Origin of colorize

First recorded in 1955–60; color + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM colorize

col·or·i·za·tion, noun

Words nearby colorize

color index, coloring, coloring book, colorism, colorist, colorize, color-key, colorless, color line, color of someone's money, see the, color phase
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