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opalize

opalize verb: to convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form.

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 opalize

third-person singular presentopalizes
present participleopalizing
past participleopalized
pastopalized
alternative formopalise

Origin of opalize

From opal + -ize.

Words formed from opalize

Questions about opalize

What does opalize mean?
Opalize means to convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form.
What part of speech is opalize?
Opalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of opalize?
The past tense of opalize is opalized.

Words near opalize in the dictionary

  1. opalish
  2. opalising
  3. opalite
  4. opalization
  5. opalizations
  6. opalize
  7. opalized
  8. opalizes
  9. opalizing
  10. Opalka
  11. Opalkas

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