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akin to E. apt: cf. F. opulent. Cf.
Copious, Couple, Office.] Having a large
estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent; as, an opulent
city; an opulent citizen. -- Op"u*lent*ly,
adv.

I will piece

Her opulent throne with kingdoms.

Shak.

||O*pun"ti*a (?), n. [NL.]
(Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or
Indian fig.

||O"pus (?), n.; pl.
Opera (#). [L. See Opera.] A work;
specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.

&fist; Each composition, or set of pieces, as the composer may
choose, is called an opus, and they are numbered in the order
of their issue. (Often abbrev. to op.)

Opus incertum. [L.] (Arch.) See under
Incertum.

{ O*pus"cle (?), O*pus"cule (?), }
n. [L. opusculum, dim. of opus work:
cf. F. opuscule.] A small or petty work.

||O*pus"cu*lum (?), n.

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