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opalesce
o·pal·esce [ pə léss ] (past and past participle o·pal·esced, present participle o·pal·esc·ing, 3rd person present singular o·pal·esc·es)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
shimmer with milky colors: to display shimmering milky colors
[Early 19th century. <opal + Latin -esce "assuming a certain state"]
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