opacating
opacating is the present participle and gerund of opacate.
Meaning of opacate
Verb
opacate (third-person singular simple present opacates, present participle opacating, simple past and past participle opacated)
- 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...
Adjective
opacating (comparative more opacating, superlative most opacating)
- Making or becoming opaque.
- First, that the substance of it should be made more clear and transparent, Flax retaining in it a kind of opacating brown, or yellow […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section III
Forms of opacating
| comparative | more opacating |
|---|---|
| superlative | most opacating |
Questions about opacating
- What does opacating mean?
- Opacating means making or becoming opaque.
- What is opacating the present participle and gerund of?
- Opacating is the present participle and gerund of opacate.
- What part of speech is opacating?
- Opacating is an adjective.
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