nigrify

[ nig-ruh-fahy ]
/ ˈnɪg rəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object), nig·ri·fied, nig·ri·fy·ing.

to blacken.

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Origin of nigrify

1650–60; < Latin nigrificāre to make black, blacken, equivalent to nigr- (stem of niger) black + -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy

OTHER WORDS FROM nigrify

nig·ri·fi·ca·tion, noun

Words nearby nigrify

nighty-night, nigiri, nigiri-zushi, nigra, nigrescent, nigrify, nigrities, nigritude, nigrosine, nigrostriatal, nih
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