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glistened

glistened is the simple past and past participle of glisten.

Meaning of glisten

Verb

glisten (third-person singular simple present glistens, present participle glistening, simple past and past participle glistened)

  1. (intransitive) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.
    • The sun was fierce, the land seemed to glisten and drip with steam.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 202

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Questions about glistened

What is glistened the simple past and past participle of?
Glistened is the simple past and past participle of glisten.

Words near glistened in the dictionary

  1. Glissonian capsule
  2. Glissonian capsules
  3. glissy
  4. glist
  5. glisten
  6. glistened
  7. glistener
  8. glisteners
  9. glisteneth
  10. glistening
  11. glisteningly

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