opacify

 [oh-pas-uh-fahy]  

o·pac·i·fy

   [oh-pas-uh-fahy] verb, o·pac·i·fied, o·pac·i·fy·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause to become opaque.
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verb (used without object)
2.
to become opaque.

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Origin:
1910–15; < Latin opāc(us) shaded + -ify

Related forms
o·pac·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
o·pac·i·fi·er, noun
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opacify

verb
1. make opaque; "The glass was opacified more greater privacy" 
2. become opaque; "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind" 
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