Definitions

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  • verb UK Alternative spelling of colorize and colourise, now rarely used.

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  • verb add color to

Etymologies

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From colorize + spelling reform (colour retaining its 'u' when used with any suffix).

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Examples

  • Ted Turner may have had a dream to buy up and colourize every classic black and white film he could find – I have a dream to destroy every crap dub that America has created under the guise of “subtitles are complicated.”

    Getting a 'talking to' from my pimp and watching Jean Reno films Elizabeth McClung 2006

  • Ted Turner may have had a dream to buy up and colourize every classic black and white film he could find – I have a dream to destroy every crap dub that America has created under the guise of “subtitles are complicated.”

    Archive 2006-12-01 Elizabeth McClung 2006

  • qucik colourize just wanted to share this strange character wearing a bonnet lol didn't pay much attention to details as I just wanted to see his face in colour.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) 2010

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