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transluced

transluced is the simple past and past participle of transluce.

Meaning of transluce

Verb

transluce (third-person singular simple present transluces, present participle translucing, simple past and past participle transluced)

  1. (uncommon) To shine (light) through, and thus make (the thing which is shined through) translucent.
    • […] for her stainless soul transluced the fairest skin, making simplicity a grace, filling her large blue eyes with gentle rays; and her arch laughter with innocent mirth.1904, John P. Lonargan, Cwan and Genevieve: A Tale of Love and Romance in the Days of Roderick, Last Monarch of All Ireland, page 35
  2. (rare) To be translucent or transparent, to allow light to shine through.
    • holy are the doors that admit
      holy are the rivets that bind
      holy are the windows that transluce2006, Alexander Levering Kern, Becoming Fire: Spiritual Writing from Rising Generations, Andover Newton Publications, page 5

Questions about transluced

What is transluced the simple past and past participle of?
Transluced is the simple past and past participle of transluce.

Words near transluced in the dictionary

  1. translocus
  2. translog
  3. translogarithmic
  4. transls.
  5. transluce
  6. transluced
  7. translucence
  8. translucences
  9. translucencies
  10. translucency
  11. translucent

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