CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OPALESCE
PRESENT
Present
I opalesce
you opalesce
he/she/it opalesces
we opalesce
you opalesce
they opalesce
Present continuous
I am opalescing
you are opalescing
he/she/it is opalescing
we are opalescing
you are opalescing
they are opalescing
Present perfect
I have opalesced
you have opalesced
he/she/it has opalesced
we have opalesced
you have opalesced
they have opalesced
Present perfect continuous
I have been opalescing
you have been opalescing
he/she/it has been opalescing
we have been opalescing
you have been opalescing
they have been opalescing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I opalesced
you opalesced
he/she/it opalesced
we opalesced
you opalesced
they opalesced
Past continuous
I was opalescing
you were opalescing
he/she/it was opalescing
we were opalescing
you were opalescing
they were opalescing
Past perfect
I had opalesced
you had opalesced
he/she/it had opalesced
we had opalesced
you had opalesced
they had opalesced
Past perfect continuous
I had been opalescing
you had been opalescing
he/she/it had been opalescing
we had been opalescing
you had been opalescing
they had been opalescing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will opalesce
you will opalesce
he/she/it will opalesce
we will opalesce
you will opalesce
they will opalesce
Future continuous
I will be opalescing
you will be opalescing
he/she/it will be opalescing
we will be opalescing
you will be opalescing
they will be opalescing
Future perfect
I will have opalesced
you will have opalesced
he/she/it will have opalesced
we will have opalesced
you will have opalesced
they will have opalesced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been opalescing
you will have been opalescing
he/she/it will have been opalescing
we will have been opalescing
you will have been opalescing
they will have been opalescing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would opalesce
you would opalesce
he/she/it would opalesce
we would opalesce
you would opalesce
they would opalesce
Conditional continuous
I would be opalescing
you would be opalescing
he/she/it would be opalescing
we would be opalescing
you would be opalescing
they would be opalescing
Conditional perfect
I would have opalesce
you would have opalesce
he/she/it would have opalesce
we would have opalesce
you would have opalesce
they would have opalesce
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been opalescing
you would have been opalescing
he/she/it would have been opalescing
we would have been opalescing
you would have been opalescing
they would have been opalescing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you opalesce
we let´s opalesce
you opalesce
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
opalesced
Present Participle
opalescing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPALESCE»
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Opalesce Ware the Latest. As a result of long research and experimental work by
tlie ceramic artists at the J. B. Owens Pottery Company* ^n entirely new ware has
been put on the market. The critics in New York and,, at the Portland Exposition ...
2
Webster's High School Dictionary: A Dictionary of the ...
OPALESCE. OPTICS. O'pal-esce' (o7pfll-eV), v. i. [Opai.esced (-Setf) ; Opalescing
(-eVstug).] To give forth a play of colors, like the opal. — 0 pal es'cent ' -eVsf :nt .),
a. Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior. — O'pal-es'cenco (-sens), ...
3
Webster's International Dictionary
OPALESCE. OPTICS. Opera Glass. O'ptl-MCft' (cVpal-SV), v. i. [Opalescbd (-est/)
; Opalescing (-es'slng).] To give forth □ play of colors, like the opal. — O'pal-es'
cent1 -eVseut), a. Reflecting a milky or pearly light trom the interior.
4
Examinations by the State board of health of the water ...
0.60 7.30 2.20 5.10 .0137 .0332 .75 .0000 - 1421 Dec. 15 18 Dec. 16 Decided,
opalesce't. Blight. 0.30 7.45 1.80 6.65 .0252 .0166 .0110 .83 .0420 - H8. 0.20 [
1593 Jan. 14 Jan. U Decided, opalesce't. Con. .earthy andtloc't 6.95 1.35 6.60 .
0240 ...
Massachusetts. State Board of Health, 1890
5
The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science
By this delicate test it seems possible to prove (what I have for years suspeSed)
that it is the presence of phosphoric acid in extremely minute proportion which
causes hydrated silicic acid to opalesce (just as a trace of it causes the
analogous ...
6
Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science
By this delicate test it seems possible to prove (what I have for years suspected)
that it is the presence of phosphoric acid in extremely minute proportion which
causes hydrated silicic acid to opalesce (just as a trace of it causes the
analogous ...
7
Errors of Speech and of Spelling
as'.ift/, obscurity, want of transparency. (Sec Opaque.) Op-, for ob- before -p (Latin
prefix), See Ob-. Opal, o'.pal (not o.pawl), a precious stone very iridescent
Opalise, o'.pal.ize. Opalesce, o'.palMs". Opalise, to convert into a substance like
opal.
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1877
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Langenscheidt Routledge German Dictionary of Chemistry and ...
... Opaleszenz / opalescence Opaleszenzfarbe / opalescence colour
opaleszieren to opalesce opaleszierend opalescent Opalglas n opal glass
opalisieren to opalesce opalisierend opalescent Opazitat /opacity Operation //
grundlegende basic ...
Technische Universität Dresden, 1997
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Routledge German Dictionary of Chemistry and Chemical ...
... opalescence Opaleszenzfarbe /opalescence colour opaleszieren to opalesce
opaleszierend opalescent Opalglas n opal glass opalisieren to opalesce
opalisierend opalescent Opazitat /opacity Operation //grundlegende basic (
fundamental) ...
Technische Universitat Dreden, 2014
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New Websterian 1912 Dictionary: Based Upon the Unabridged ...
... the character of not being transparent. opah (o'pa), n. the king-fish. opal (o'pal),
re. a precious stone of milky hue, exhibiting a play of various colors. [French.]
OPALESCE OPIUM opalesce (o-pal-es'), v.i. to exhibit a play of hue, hut ; think,
then.
Noah Webster, Harry Thurston Peck, 1912
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A Pentagram of Poets
Whether in couplets, aubades, rhymed or unrhymed verse and sonnets, her colors opalesce, reminiscent of last century's famed Russian ... «Barnstable Patriot, Dec 14»
