Whit"en (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Whitening.] [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hvtna.] 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.
Whit"en, v. t. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as,
to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.
The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild
swans.
Macaulay.
Syn. — See Blanch.
Whit"en*er (?), n. One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a
blancher; a whitewasher.