"blanken" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From blank + -en.",
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      "form": "blankened",
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          "ref": "1949, House in the Sun, page 167:",
          "text": "I asked Obdulia if she weren't afraid of the police. Her face blankened. \"Oh, I never saw the witch, senor,\" she said.",
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        "To make or become blank"
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        "(ambitransitive) To make or become blank"
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  "etymology_text": "From blank + -en.",
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    {
      "form": "blankens",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To make or become blank"
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        "(ambitransitive) To make or become blank"
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