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opacifying

opacifying is the present participle and gerund of opacify.

Meaning of opacify

Verb

opacify (third-person singular simple present opacifies, present participle opacifying, simple past and past participle opacified)

  1. (transitive) To make opaque.
    • At its best, psychoanalysis is the classic therapeutic technique for exploring unconscious processes. At its less-than-best, it is a jargon-opacified, oedipus-complicated, libido-theoretical, pseudo-scientific cult whose messiah is Sigmund Freud.1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8
    Synonyms:
    opaquen

Questions about opacifying

What is opacifying the present participle and gerund of?
Opacifying is the present participle and gerund of opacify.

Words near opacifying in the dictionary

  1. opacified
  2. opacifier
  3. opacifiers
  4. opacifies
  5. opacify
  6. opacifying
  7. opacimeter
  8. opacimeters
  9. opacious
  10. opacite
  11. opacites

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