ETIOLATE
- to cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of color or vigor.
- to whiten (to make white) [v ETIOLATED, ETIOLATES, ETIOLATING]
- to make pale (lacking colour) [v ETIOLATED, ETIOLATING, ETIOLATES]
- to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light
- to cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of color or vigor
- (of plants) to whiten or grow pale through lack of light