denigration
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Denigration, de-ni-grā′shun, n. a making or becoming black—esp. the blackening of a man's character.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
To which I shall only add, that whereas in these several Instances of Denigration, the Metalls are worn off, or otherwise Reduc'd into very Minute Parts, that Circumstance may prove not Unworthy your Notice.
From Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) by Boyle, Robert
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