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Definition of Coruscate

1. Verb. Reflect brightly. "The horizon is coruscateing with lights"; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"

2. Verb. Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity. "His playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"

Definition of Coruscate

1. v. i. To glitter in flashes; to flash.

Definition of Coruscate

1. Verb. To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle. ¹

2. Verb. To exhibit brilliant technique or style. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coruscate

1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coruscate

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corulers corundom corundum corundums coruscant coruscate (current term) coruscated coruscates coruscating coruscatingly

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Literary usage of Coruscate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Glitter, glisten, sparkle, gleam, glow, glare, coruscate, be bright, be brilliant. 3. Be eminent, be distinguished, be conspicuous, excel. Shine, n. ..."

2. The Student's Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon by Henry Sweet (1897)
"... once m. shower of rain Cl. réseau coruscate («/"lightning). ... -ung/ coruscate. resn ». plank ; ceiling. ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"coruscate expresses a rapid throwing off of vivid or brilliant Hashes of light, ... Scintillate, Glister, Glitter, Gleam, Sparkle, coruscate, ..."

4. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1891)
"... recited as follows : " coruscate, coruscate, diminutive stellar orb ! How inexplicable to me seems the stupendous problem of thy existence ! ..."

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