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daguerreotyping

daguerreotyping is the present participle and gerund of daguerreotype.

Meaning of daguerreotype

Verb

daguerreotype (third-person singular simple present daguerreotypes, present participle daguerreotyping, simple past and past participle daguerreotyped)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).
  2. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To describe or represent exactly or faithfully; depict.
    • [H]e scanned my countenance with a pair of fierce, blood-shot eyes that I knew would daguerreotype my appearance indellibly^([sic]) and faithfully upon his mind.1861, E[lsa] J[ane] Guerin, chapter III, in An Autobiography. Mountain Charley, […], Dubuque, Ia.: […] [F]or the author, →OCLC, pages 19–20

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Questions about daguerreotyping

What is daguerreotyping the present participle and gerund of?
Daguerreotyping is the present participle and gerund of daguerreotype.

Words near daguerreotyping in the dictionary

  1. daguerreotyped
  2. daguerreotyper
  3. daguerreotypers
  4. daguerreotypes
  5. daguerreotypic
  6. daguerreotyping
  7. daguerreotypist
  8. daguerreotypists
  9. daguerreotypy
  10. daguerrotype
  11. daguerrotypy

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