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coruscate, v.|ˈkɒrəskeɪt| [f. ppl. stem of L. coruscāre to vibrate, glitter, sparkle, gleam.] intr. To give forth intermittent or vibratory flashes of light; to shine with a quivering light; to sparkle, glitter, flash.
1705[see coruscating]. 1808J. Barlow Columb. iii. 162 A sudden glare Coruscates wide. 1846Hawthorne Mosses, Mother Rigby's Pipe ii, The star kept coruscating. 1883Harper's Mag. Jan. 186/2 The light was a brilliant green, coruscating from the centre..in..flashes of flame. fig.1851Carlyle Sterling ii. iii. (1872) 104 Like a swift dashing meteor he came into our circle; coruscated among us, for a day or two. 1880Sat. Rev. No. 1296. 262 The President will be chosen mainly for his power of coruscating. b. with cognate object.
1852Hawthorne Blithedale Rom. xxii, Coruscating continually an unnatural light. |