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silvered

American  
[sil-verd] / ˈsɪl vərd /

adjective

  1. coated or plated with silver.

  2. coated with a silverlike substance, as quicksilver or tinfoil.

    a mirror of silvered glass.

  3. tinted a silver color, or having silver highlights.

    silvered hair.


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Etymology

Origin of silvered

First recorded in 1475–85; silver + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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At 50, still in the blush of youth by today’s silvered political standards, Porter has plenty of highway ahead of her.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024

Ms Quinn said: "Daguerre developed a way of taking pictures using a polished silvered plate and a camera. This produced a single image printed directly onto a plate with astonishing clarity, named the daguerreotype."

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024

One high status woman in her 20s with mixed ancestry was laid to rest near modern Cambridge under a prominent mound with silvered jewelry, amber beads, and a whole cow.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 21, 2022

The cedar’s broken, silvered top pierced the soaring forest canopy and its trunk flared to a magnificent fluted column.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2022

He was relaxing too, growing woozy; he cut the engine and senled back, eyes almost bemusedly on the silvered, shadow-casting landscape below.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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