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melanize

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Word parts

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melanin + -ize

Verb

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Plain form
melanize

Third-person singular
melanizes

Past tense
melanized

Past participle
melanized

Present participle
melanizing

  1. (transitive) If you melanize something, you convert it into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
  2. (transitive) If you melanize something, you deposit melanin into it.