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transluces

transluces is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 transluces

What is transluces the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Transluces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of transluce.

Words near transluces in the dictionary

  1. translucencies
  2. translucency
  3. translucent
  4. translucently
  5. translucents
  6. transluces
  7. translucid
  8. translucidity
  9. translucing
  10. translumbar
  11. translumenal

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