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Spark   /spɑrk/   Listen
Spark

noun
1.
A momentary flash of light.  Synonyms: flicker, glint.
2.
Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance.  Synonyms: light, sparkle, twinkle.  "There's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
3.
Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.  Synonyms: arc, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge.
4.
A small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger.  "A spark of decency"
5.
Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918).  Synonyms: Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark, Muriel Spark.
6.
A small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction.
verb
1.
Put in motion or move to act.  Synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip.  "Actuate the circuits"
2.
Emit or produce sparks.  Synonym: sparkle.



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"Spark" Quotes from Famous Books



... of mind you are not timid or anxious, or fearful, or rigid and you will not allow any disturbing thought to influence you. You cast aside all fears, and think of yourself as a spark of the Divine Being, as a manifestation of the "One Universal Principle" that fills all space and time. Think of yourself thus as a child of the infinite, possessing ...
— The Power of Concentration • Theron Q. Dumont

... by a power outside their control, Protestants and Catholics stood henceforth in opposite political camps, and it became a fixed article of British policy to govern Ireland by playing upon this antagonism. The flame of the Volunteer spirit never perished, but it dwindled to a spark under the irresistible weight of a manufactured reaction. Dissenters and Anglicans united, not to lead the way in securing better conditions for their Catholic fellow-countrymen, not for the interests of Ireland as a whole, but under the ignoble colours of religious fanaticism. Hence that strangely ...
— The Framework of Home Rule • Erskine Childers

... soft stuff, Magnus," advised Slinker. "You can do your spoonin' with the gal later on. We're here to git that gold, and don't you forget it. Plenty o' time afterwards to spark the wimmen." ...
— Spanish Doubloons • Camilla Kenyon

... to manifest the longing they experience, and who languish for want of help, without being aware that they are perishing. Oh, mingle sometimes with your earthly help the blessed Name of GOD; and if there remain one little spark of life in the soul, that Name will rekindle it, and carry comfort and resignation; even as air breathed into the mouth of any one apparently dead, rushes into the lungs, and revives the sufferer, if but one breath of ...
— Gold Dust - A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life • E. L. E. B.

... know. When I came back from abroad, knew I'd lost you, I was unhappy, terribly. Yet, it was enough for me to learn that you at least remembered me. Afterward, when we became friends, and you were kind to me, and into our friendship wavered a spark of something more than friendship, ah, I was almost happy! Only one thing tormented me: fear that such a feeling wronged Fedya. Afterwards, when Fedya tortured you so, I saw I could help. Then a certain definite hope sprang up in me. And later, when he became impossible and you decided ...
— Redemption and Two Other Plays • Leo Tolstoy et al


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