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sparkle(1)(dictionary)
sparkle(2)(dictionary)
sparkle(dictionary)
sparkle 1, verb(dictionary)
sparkle 2, noun(dictionary)

sparkle(2) (iou)



sparkle verb1. ME.
[from SPARK noun1 or verb1 + -LE3.]
verb intrans. Issue or fly out in or as sparks of fire; emit or send out sparks of fire. arch. ME.
Tennyson When some heat of difference sparkled out.
b. verb trans. Emit (fire etc.) as sparks. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
verb intrans. Reflect or emit sparkles or numerous separate points of light; glitter, glisten. ME.
J. Oxenham They saw Guernsey..sparkling in the sun. E. Mittelholzer On her bosom sparkled a necklace of fake emeralds.
b. verb trans. Cause to glitter or glisten. (Not always clearly distinguishable from SPARKLE verb2 2.) arch. M16.
c. verb intrans. Move in a glittering manner. E19.
C. Lamb To trace your..waters sparkling through..Hertfordshire.
verb intrans. Of wine etc.: effervesce. Chiefly as sparkling adjective. LME.
verb intrans. (Of the eyes) flash or shine with a (specified) feeling or quality; (of a feeling or quality) be indicated by a shine or brightness in the eyes. L16.
Dickens Intense abhorrence sparkling in her eyes. J. Conrad Her little black eyes sparkled venomously. G. Greene The young man's..eyes sparkled with his interest.
b. verb trans. Of the eyes: indicate (a feeling) by shine or brightness. E17.
C. Irvine Our eyes sparkled gladness.
Be vivacious, lively or witty; scintillate. L17.
F. Kaplan At parties he sparkled with all the wit..he could muster.
sparkling noun (a) the action of the verb; an instance of this; (b) a spark: LME.
sparkling adjective (a) that sparkles; bright, glittering; scintillating; vivacious; (b) (of wine) effervescent (opp.
still); (c) transf. very clean, spotless: ME.
sparklingly adverb M17.