\Da*guerre"o*type\ (d[.a]*g[e^]r"[-o]*t[imac]p),
n. [From Daguerre the inventor + -type.]
1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver
   plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered
   sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine,
   on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image
   is developed by the vapor of mercury.
2. The process of taking such pictures.

\Da*guerre"o*type\ (d[.a]*g[e^]r"[-o]*t[imac]p),
v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daguerreotyped} (-t[imac]pt); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Daguerreotyping} (-t[imac]`p[i^]ng).]
1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a
   picture.
2. To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate
   exactly.