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copperplate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɑpərˌpleɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From copper + plate. For the plate used for engraving: in the 1660s. As a term for the printed product: from 1817. Of the especially clear writing used in such prints: from the 1820s. Use as a verb (the past participle copperplated) is from 1822.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern.
2. (countable, uncountable) A print made from such a plate.
3. (countable, uncountable) A style of handwriting based on that used on such prints; English round hand.
   • 1999. Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 36 (2001 Perennial paperback edition). The village school was a fine school […] He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
copperplates	Number=Plur		lexicographic

copperplate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /ˈkɑpərˌpleɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From copper + plate. For the plate used for engraving: in the 1660s. As a term for the printed product: from 1817. Of the especially clear writing used in such prints: from the 1820s. Use as a verb (the past participle copperplated) is from 1822.

Meanings

1. To engrave on and print from a copperplate.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
copperplated	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
copperplated	Tense=Past		lexicographic
copperplates	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
copperplating	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic