Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To separate silver from, as from its combination with other metals, and especially from lead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To deprive of
silver ; to remove the silver from.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
de- + silver + -ize
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