cor·us·cate (kôr′ə-skāt′, kŏr′-) intr.v. cor·us·cat·ed ,
cor·us·cat·ing ,
cor·us·cates 1. To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight.
2. To exhibit sparkling virtuosity: a flutist whose music coruscated throughout the concert hall.
[Latin coruscāre , coruscāt- , to flash .]
cor′us·ca′tion n.
coruscate (ˈkɒrəˌskeɪt ) vb (intr ) to emit flashes of light; sparkle
[C18: from Latin coruscāre to flash, vibrate]
ˈcoruˌscating adj
cor•us•cate (ˈkɔr əˌskeɪt, ˈkɒr-) v.i. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; gleam.
[1695–1705; < Latin coruscātus, past participle of coruscāre to quiver, flash, derivative of coruscus quivering, flashing]
coruscate Past participle: coruscatedGerund: coruscatingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative coruscate coruscate
Present I coruscate you coruscate he/she/it coruscates we coruscate you coruscate they coruscate
Preterite I coruscated you coruscated he/she/it coruscated we coruscated you coruscated they coruscated
Present Continuous I am coruscating you are coruscating he/she/it is coruscating we are coruscating you are coruscating they are coruscating
Present Perfect I have coruscated you have coruscated he/she/it has coruscated we have coruscated you have coruscated they have coruscated
Past Continuous I was coruscating you were coruscating he/she/it was coruscating we were coruscating you were coruscating they were coruscating
Past Perfect I had coruscated you had coruscated he/she/it had coruscated we had coruscated you had coruscated they had coruscated
Future I will coruscate you will coruscate he/she/it will coruscate we will coruscate you will coruscate they will coruscate
Future Perfect I will have coruscated you will have coruscated he/she/it will have coruscated we will have coruscated you will have coruscated they will have coruscated
Future Continuous I will be coruscating you will be coruscating he/she/it will be coruscating we will be coruscating you will be coruscating they will be coruscating
Present Perfect Continuous I have been coruscating you have been coruscating he/she/it has been coruscating we have been coruscating you have been coruscating they have been coruscating
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been coruscating you will have been coruscating he/she/it will have been coruscating we will have been coruscating you will have been coruscating they will have been coruscating
Past Perfect Continuous I had been coruscating you had been coruscating he/she/it had been coruscating we had been coruscating you had been coruscating they had been coruscating
Conditional I would coruscate you would coruscate he/she/it would coruscate we would coruscate you would coruscate they would coruscate
Past Conditional I would have coruscated you would have coruscated he/she/it would have coruscated we would have coruscated you would have coruscated they would have coruscated
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. coruscate - reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"shine ,
reflect - be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"
2. coruscate - be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
coruscate verb To emit light suddenly in rays or sparks:
flash ,
glance ,
gleam ,
glimmer ,
glint ,
glisten ,
glister ,
glitter ,
scintillate ,
shimmer ,
spangle ,
sparkle ,
twinkle ,
wink .
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