whiten
v.
c.1300, "to make white," from white, adj. + -en(1). Intransitive sense "become white" is from 1630s. Earlier verb was simply white (late Old English). Related: Whitened; whitening; whitener.
| 词汇 | whiten | 
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary whiten v. c.1300, "to make white," from white, adj. + -en(1). Intransitive sense "become white" is from 1630s. Earlier verb was simply white (late Old English). Related: Whitened; whitening; whitener. | 
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