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glittened

glittened is the simple past and past participle of glitten.

Meaning of glitten

Verb

glitten (third-person singular simple present glittens, present participle glittening, simple past and past participle glittened)

  1. (archaic) to glisten, to reflect, to shimmer.
    • At one of the river landings I passed, there was something white glittening in the moonlight.1880, George Chittenden Benham, A Year of Wreck: A True Story, by a Victim, page 439

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Questions about glittened

What is glittened the simple past and past participle of?
Glittened is the simple past and past participle of glitten.

Words near glittened in the dictionary

  1. glitchless
  2. glitchlessly
  3. glitchy
  4. Glitnir
  5. glitten
  6. glittened
  7. glittening
  8. glittens
  9. glitter
  10. glitter ball
  11. glitter bomb

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