1. (v. i.) To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

2. (v. i.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.

3. (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.

4. (v. t.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.

5. (a.) Alt. of Etiolated

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