Dictionary

opaquen en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əʊˈpeɪkən/ (UK)
• /oʊˈpeɪkən/ (US)

Etymology

From opaque + -en.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become opaque.
   • (2004) Raman and scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive x-ray techniques for the characterization of colouring and opaquening agents in Roman mosaic glass tesserae. 2013, Koen H. A. Janssens, Modern Methods for Analysing Archaeological and Historical Glass:
   • As the evolving shrift opaquens the workspace, I consider the duplicate. 1997, David Ira Cleary, Old Immortality, page 189:
   • It consists of a circular disc of vulcanite, about three inches in diameter, around the margin of which there are ten pieces of opaquened glass, the opacities being graduated from No. 1, which is mere cloudiness, to perfect opacity, only admitting distinction between light and dark. 1877, The Lancet, volume 2, page 448:
   • The next largest demand is for delustering and opaquening in the paper industry. 1976, Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science:

Forms

Deriveds

opaquener

Synonyms

opacify