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Definition of Glisten
1. Verb. Be shiny, as if wet. "The horizon is glistening with lights"; "His eyes were glistening"
Generic synonyms: Appear, Look, Seem
Specialized synonyms: Spangle, Shimmer
Derivative terms: Glint, Glitter
2. Noun. The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.
Generic synonyms: Brightness
Derivative terms: Glitter, Glittery, Scintillate, Sparkle
Definition of Glisten
1. v. i. To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.
Definition of Glisten
1. Verb. (intransitive) to reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash ¹
2. Noun. a glittering shine; a scintillation, sparkle or flash ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glisten
1. to shine by reflection [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glisten
Literary usage of Glisten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"To shine or gleam with scattered light ; emit scintillating flashes of light ;
sparkle ; glisten : as, a glittering sword. The rede statue of Mara with ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"burst, fulguration (literary; rare, exc. fig.), gleam, blink, ful- mination,
bicker, glimpse, glimmer, shimmer, glisten, glance, spark, scintillation, ..."
3. A Cyclopedia of the Literature of Amateur Journalism by Truman Joseph Spencer (1891)
"Mr. glisten was tenderly removed to a camp couch, where he fell into a sound slumber
... We find Mr. glisten and Thena alone in their tent the next morning. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... I '11 smile, though my een For sweet after danger 's the tale of the war.
they may glisten, And O, how we doubt when there 's distance 'tween lovers, ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"To shine or gleam with scattered light ; emit scintillating flashes of light ;
sparkle ; glisten : as, a glittering sword. The rede statue of Mara with ..."
6. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"burst, fulguration (literary; rare, exc. fig.), gleam, blink, ful- mination,
bicker, glimpse, glimmer, shimmer, glisten, glance, spark, scintillation, ..."
7. A Cyclopedia of the Literature of Amateur Journalism by Truman Joseph Spencer (1891)
"Mr. glisten was tenderly removed to a camp couch, where he fell into a sound slumber
... We find Mr. glisten and Thena alone in their tent the next morning. ..."
8. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... I '11 smile, though my een For sweet after danger 's the tale of the war.
they may glisten, And O, how we doubt when there 's distance 'tween lovers, ..."
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