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scin·til·late  (sntl-t)

v. scin·til·lat·ed, scin·til·lat·ing, scin·til·lates

v.intr.

1. To throw off sparks; flash.

2. To sparkle or shine. See Synonyms at flash.

3. To be animated and brilliant: dinner conversation that scintillated.

v.tr.

To give off (sparks or flashes).

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[Latin scintillre, scintillt-, from scintilla, spark.]

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scintil·lant adj.

scintil·lating·ly adv.

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scintillate

Verb

[-lating, -lated] to give off (sparks); sparkle [Latin scintilla a spark]

scintillation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	scintillate - give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" winkle, twinkle, scintillate - emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" give out, emit, give off - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"
	2.	scintillate - reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" coruscate, sparkle shine, reflect - be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"
	3.	scintillate - emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" winkle, twinkle celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" scintillate - give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
	4.	scintillate - physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced" fluoresce - exhibit or undergo fluorescence
	5.	scintillate - be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall" coruscate, sparkle be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"