Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whitened"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Whiten \Whit"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whitened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Whitening}.] [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hv[=i]tna.]
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

whitened
adj : (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old
age" [syn: {white}]


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