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Webster 1913 Edition


Opalesce

Oˊpal-esce′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Opalesced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Opalescing
.]
To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.

Definition 2024


opalesce

opalesce

English

Verb

opalesce (third-person singular simple present opalesces, present participle opalescing, simple past and past participle opalesced)

  1. To be opalescent; to give forth a play of colours, like the opal.