scintillate

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And they shone steadily: they did not scintillate, they were calmly glorious.

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  1. intransitive verb To throw off sparks; flash.
  2. intransitive verb To sparkle or shine. See Synonyms at flash.
  3. intransitive verb To be animated and brilliant: dinner conversation that scintillated.

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  1. Latin scintillāre, scintillāt-, from scintilla, spark.

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  1. from Latin scintillatus, past participle of scintillare (later Italian scintillare = Portuguese scintillar = Spanish centellar, centellear = Provencal scintillar = Frenchscintiller), sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash, from scintilla, a spark: see scintilla.
 

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/ˈsɪntɪleɪt/
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