opalize

opalize

English

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Etymology

Etymology tree
English opal
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English opalize

    From opal + -ize.

    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.

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