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CORUSCATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity

Example:

his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall

Synonyms:

coruscate; scintillate; sparkle

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "coruscate" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

coruscation (a sudden or striking display of brilliance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reflect brightly

Example:

Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside

Synonyms:

coruscate; scintillate; sparkle

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "coruscate" is one way to...):

reflect; shine (be bright by reflecting or casting light)

Sentence frame:

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Derivation:

coruscant (having brief brilliant points or flashes of light)

coruscation (the occurrence of a small flash or spark)

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