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verb
To give wood the color or texture of ebony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
stain black to make it look like ebony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ebonise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stain
History
Etymology tree Egyptian hbnjbor. Ancient Greek ἕβενος (hébenos)bor. Latin hebenus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin ebeniusder. Middle English ebenif English heben, hebeny English ebony Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English ebonize From ebony + -ize.
