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Meaning of OPALESCE

Pronunciation:  `owpu'les

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal; "This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions"
  2. [v]  reflect light or colors like an opal; "Distant clouds opalesce like pale brocade"; "raindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesce"
 
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 See Also: iridesce, reflect, shine

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\O`pal*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Opalesced}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Opalescing}.]
To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
 
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