decolorize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

decolorize
    v 1: remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt" [syn:
         {bleach}, {bleach out}, {decolor}, {decolour},
         {decolorize}, {decolourize}, {decolorise}, {decolourise},
         {discolorize}, {discolourise}, {discolorise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Decolorize \De*col"or*ize\, v. t.
   To deprive of color; to whiten. --Turner. --
   {De*col`or*i*za"tion}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

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