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opacated

opacated is the simple past and past participle of opacate.

Meaning of opacate

Verb

opacate (third-person singular simple present opacates, present participle opacating, simple past and past participle opacated)

  1. (archaic) To darken; to cloud.
    • […] when the same corpuscles, upon the unstopping of the glass, were put into a new motion, and disposed after a new manner, they did opacate that part of the air they moved in.1659 December 30 (date written), Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and Its Effects […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] H[enry] Hall, printer to the...

Questions about opacated

What is opacated the simple past and past participle of?
Opacated is the simple past and past participle of opacate.

Words near opacated in the dictionary

  1. opabiniid
  2. opabiniids
  3. OPAC
  4. opacarophilia
  5. opacate
  6. opacated
  7. opacates
  8. opacating
  9. opacifiable
  10. opacification
  11. opacifications

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