{ } a. Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Daguerre the inventor + -type. ] 1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The process of taking such pictures. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Daguerreotyped p. pr. & vb. n. Daguerreotyping ] 1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.

{ } n. One who takes daguerreotypes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre. [ 1913 Webster ]