aglowadv.adj.
/əˈɡləʊ/, U.S. /əˈɡloʊ/ A. adv.
1. So as to glow with (esp. pleasurable) excitement.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adverb] > in (a glow of) pleasurable excitement
gustfully1659
aglow1756
exaltedly1887
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adverb] > in flushed or blushing state
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1756 Refl. Immorality Present Age 50 A warmth in their constitution, set aglow..by reading modern literature.
1842 N.Y. Rev. Apr. 410 The hearts of the people are set a-glow with the music of Heber's noble missionary hymn.
1915 C. E. Seashore Measurem. Musical Talent 20 He brings order out of chaos,..and sets aglow the imagination of those who love the stars.
1996 R. A. Young Bear Remnants of First Earth ii. 84 My thoughts had been set aglow with pictures of talking animals and supernatural deities that transformed themselves into whatever they desired.
2. So as to glow with colour, light, or heat. Also in figurative contexts.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adverb] > in a glowing manner
aglow1849
1849 J. C. Hare Serm. Preacht Herstmonceux Church II. xi. 207 It is only when a man is thus at one,..when he is lit up and set aglow by one feeling, and when that feeling finds an answer in its object, that he can be said to be thoroughly happy.
1856 G. H. Boker Plays & Poems II. 267 The springtide sun, that sets aglow The tufted meadows with melting snow, And turns by degrees the icy hills To balmy vapors and fruitful rills.
1915 Archit. Rec. Nov. 573/2 The dome-crowned Palace of Fine Arts, a vast opal-like vision in a jewelled setting of reflected lights, claims your thoughts and sets aglow the torches of memory.
2000 Wausau (Wisconsin) Daily Herald (Nexis) 19 Mar. 1 d The patron has time to pose against a photo-phosphorescent wall before a burst of light sets aglow everything that's not in the shadow area.
B. adj. In predicative use.
1. Glowing with colour, light, or heat.
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1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 118 Now all a-glow with colours not their own.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. iv. 125 The great mass of the Fletshorn was all a-glow.
1906 J. Blewett Cornflower 178 The eastern sky grew all aglow.
1966 P. St. Pierre Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse 95 It was brewed in a warm corner of the kitchen, the stove being kept aglow through the long watches of the night.
2005 P. Carman Beyond Valley of Thorns (2010) v. 32 Then, miraculously, the cave was aglow in watery light, much brighter than the candlelight had been.
2. Glowing with (esp. pleasurable) excitement, flushed.
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1817 S. T. Coleridge Sibylline Leaves 198 Amid the tremor of a realm aglow, Amid a mighty nation jubilant.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxii. 308 All her face was aglow with delight.
1937 K. Blixen Out of Afr. iii. 247 I stood..aglow with the plenipotence that a shot gives you, because you take effect at a distance.
2005 J. R. Babb Fly-fishin' Fool v. xxviii. 228 He'd spring from his crouch and come watch me land it, his face aglow with excitement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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