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opalise

opalise is the alternative spelling of opalize.

Meaning of opalize

Verb

opalize (third-person singular simple present opalizes, present participle opalizing, simple past and past participle opalized)

  1. (transitive) To convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form.
  2. (transitive) To make opalescent.

Forms of opalise

third-person singular presentopalises
present participleopalising
past participleopalised
pastopalised

Origin of opalise

From opal + -ise.

Questions about opalise

What is opalise the alternative spelling of?
Opalise is the alternative spelling of opalize.

Words near opalise in the dictionary

  1. opalines
  2. opalinid
  3. opalinids
  4. opalisation
  5. opalisations
  6. opalise
  7. opalised
  8. opalises
  9. opalish
  10. opalising
  11. opalite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: opalise (page history and authors); opalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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