nigrifying

Variant of nigrify

nigrify definition

nig·rify (nig′rə fī′)

transitive verb nigrified -·fied′, nigrifying -·fy′·ing

Rare to make black

Etymology: L nigrificare < niger, black + facere, to make: see do

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