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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

nig•ri•fy v.t., -fied, -fy•ing.

to blacken.

Latin nigrificāre to make black, blacken, equivalent. to nigr- (stem of niger) black + -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy
1650–60

nig′ri•fi•ca′tion, n.

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