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Scintillate   Listen
verb
Scintillate  v. i.  (past & past part. scintillated; pres. part. scintillating)  
1.
To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. "As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion."
2.
To sparkle, as the fixed stars.





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"Scintillate" Quotes from Famous Books



... which rippled as it ran swiftly, and sparkled as if sprinkled with diamonds, from the reflections of the stars; for, strangely enough, the fire-flies, which had been so frequent amongst the overhanging vegetation, had now ceased to scintillate. ...
— Trapped by Malays - A Tale of Bayonet and Kris • George Manville Fenn


Words linked to "Scintillate" :   be, give out, beam, sparkle, heavenly body, shine, reflect, twinkle, give off, emit, fluoresce, scintilla, scintillation, celestial body


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