"ebonize" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From ebony + -ize.",
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    {
      "form": "ebonizes",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "ebonizing",
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        "participle",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: japan"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1884, Walter P. Manton, Beginnings with the Microscope: a Working Handbook Containing Simple Instructions in the Art and Method of Using the Microscope and Preparing Objects for Examination, page 58:",
          "text": "To ebonize, the table top is painted over several times with a strong solution of logwood, and when this is nearly dry the whole is brushed over with the iron vinegar...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, Eleanor Rowe, Hints on Chip-carving and Simple Northern Styles:",
          "text": "Kawrie Pine is a tougher wood, and ebonizes very well, but requires some strength to carve.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Dan Cooper, Old House Interiors, Vol. 4, No. 3, page 29:",
          "text": "Ebonized furniture is the DeLorean of the furniture world; few other styles speak so directly of their time and place.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Doug Stowe, Simply Beautiful Boxes:",
          "text": "Ebonize and finish the pulls to match the feet and trim strips.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Bob Flexner, Understanding Wood Finishing - How to Select and Apply the Right Finish:",
          "text": "The reason black dye works so well for ebonizing wood is that dye is transparent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To give wood the color or texture of ebony."
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        "(transitive) To give wood the color or texture of ebony."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ebonization"
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  "word": "ebonize"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ebony + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ebonizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ebonizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ebonized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ebonized",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: japan"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1884, Walter P. Manton, Beginnings with the Microscope: a Working Handbook Containing Simple Instructions in the Art and Method of Using the Microscope and Preparing Objects for Examination, page 58:",
          "text": "To ebonize, the table top is painted over several times with a strong solution of logwood, and when this is nearly dry the whole is brushed over with the iron vinegar...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, Eleanor Rowe, Hints on Chip-carving and Simple Northern Styles:",
          "text": "Kawrie Pine is a tougher wood, and ebonizes very well, but requires some strength to carve.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Dan Cooper, Old House Interiors, Vol. 4, No. 3, page 29:",
          "text": "Ebonized furniture is the DeLorean of the furniture world; few other styles speak so directly of their time and place.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Doug Stowe, Simply Beautiful Boxes:",
          "text": "Ebonize and finish the pulls to match the feet and trim strips.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Bob Flexner, Understanding Wood Finishing - How to Select and Apply the Right Finish:",
          "text": "The reason black dye works so well for ebonizing wood is that dye is transparent.",
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        }
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        "(transitive) To give wood the color or texture of ebony."
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