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   Whiten (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whitening.] [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hvītna.] To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, “the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.”
   
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   Whiten, v. t. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, “to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth”.
   
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   The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. Macaulay.
   
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   Syn. -- See Blanch.
   
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