effulgev.
/ɛˈfʌldʒ/ poetic (but now mainly in humorously pedantic use).
1.
a. intransitive. To shine forth brilliantly.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (intransitive)] > be brilliant or dazzling
glarec1250
glore13..
blaze1393
flamec1400
resplendish1479
resplend1492
effulge1736
1736 J. Thomson Prospect: 5th Pt. Liberty 361 As on pure winter's eve, Gradual the stars effulge.
1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 479 Like rays effulging from the parent sun.
1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye I. 38 Each effulging like Phoebus.
b. figurative.
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1828 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 277 He effulges with the sun in velveteen jacket and breeches.
1852 D. M. Moir Contadina i The eloquence of purest truth effulges in thy smile.
2. transitive. To flash forth. literal and figurative.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (transitive)] > emit (light, etc.) with a flash
flash1593
effulge1729
glance1748
strobe1977
1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 20 The topaz charms the sight, Like these, effulging yellow streams of light.
1729 J. Thomson Britannia His eyes effulging a peculiar fire.
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