Word: prewhitens
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: pre
whi
tens
Definition: Third-person singular of prewhiten. To modify (a data set) to make the samples statistically independent, analogous to white noise.
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; earlier in time.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: white
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs