sparkleth

Verb

sparkle (third-person singular simple present sparkles, present participle sparkling, simple past and past participle sparkled)

1. (intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles.
   • The wood was sparkling in the bonfire.
2. (broadly) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle.
   • The stars sparkle in the sky.
3. (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
   • I see bright honour sparkle through your eyes.1634, John Milton, “Arcades”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   shine, glisten, scintillate, radiate, coruscate, glitter, twinkle

4. (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce.
   • sparkling wine
5. (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
   • That the bright glister of their beames cleare / Did sparckle forth great light, and glorious did appeare.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 32
6. (obsolete, transitive) To disperse.

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