opalesce (v.)

  1. reflect light or colors like an opal; Distant clouds opalesce like pale brocade; raindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesce'

  2. exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal; This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions'

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