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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Etiolate

/ēʹtē-ə-lāt'/ · E·ti·o·late · IPA /ˈiːti.əleɪt/
01 v. i. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
imp. & p. p. Etiolated
  1. 1.
    To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
  2. 2.
    To become pale through disease or absence of light.(Med.)
02 v. t. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
  1. 1.
    To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
  2. 2.
    To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.(Med.)
03 a. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.
  1. 1.
    Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.