Bible Dictionaries
Whiten

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

(2):

(v. t.) To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Whiten'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/whiten.html. 1828.