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noun

Sparkle n.

A little spark; a scintillation. "As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is." "The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper."

Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.

verb

Sparkle v. t. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. "Did sparkle forth great light."

Sparkle v. t.

To disperse. (Obs.) "The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise."

To scatter on or over. (Obs.)

Sparkle v. i. (past & past part. sparkled; pres. part. sparkling)

To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle. "A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling."

To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. "I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes."

To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.

Synonyms: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate; glitter; twinkle.

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Etymology of 'Sparkle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sparkle" Quotes from Famous Books

... colour fading from the sky. I saw the purple lights in the east turn to an orange that paled into faintest yellow, and this again into turquoise. The shadows crept up those heights. A star came out overhead, then another, then a score of stars to sparkle silvery in the ...

— The Strolling Saint • Raphael Sabatini

... let them fear for rapes, and ransacked houses; That very fright, when I appear to head them, Will harden their soft city courages: Cold burghers must be struck, and struck like flints, Ere their hid fire will sparkle. ...

— The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) - The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian • John Dryden

... legs, and their lank, clumsy feet. All three began slowly to circle round, raising and stamping their feet and waving their arms; a kind of tune crept into their rhythmic recitation, and a refrain,—"Aloola," or "Balloola," it sounded like. Their eyes began to sparkle, and their ugly faces to brighten, with an expression of strange pleasure. Saliva dripped from ...

— The Island of Doctor Moreau • H. G. Wells

... to be in a state for walking to her. With her came her little girl, a child whose aspect was always a shock to those who connected her with the two Margarets whose name she bore. She had inherited her father's heavy mould of feature and dark complexion, and the black eyes had neither sparkle in themselves nor relief from the colour of the sallow cheek; the pouting lips were fretful, the whole appearance unhealthy, and the dark bullet-shaped head seemed too large for the thin bony little figure. Worn, ...

— The Trial - or, More Links of the Daisy Chain • Charlotte M. Yonge

... together under such a fire: at least they are stupefied—must cease taking a hand with their puny rifles and machine guns? Not so. Amidst falling ruins; under smoke clouds of yellow, black, green and white; the beach, the cliffs and the ramparts of the Castle began, in the oncoming dusk, to sparkle all over with hundreds of tiny ...

— Gallipoli Diary, Volume I • Ian Hamilton

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