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  • 91light — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 brightness ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, good ▪ bright, brilliant, harsh, intense, strong ▪ blinding …

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  • 92beam — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. shine, glow; smile. n. ray, gleam; joist, timber. See light, support. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A relatively long, stout bar] Syn. timber, brace, rafter, stringer, stud, two by four, scantling, strut,… …

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  • 93shimmer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flicker, glimmer, gleam, sheen, glint, twinkle. See light. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. glisten, glow, gleam, flash; see shine 1 . See Synonym Study at flash . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. flash… …

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  • 94shine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. glow, gleam, scintillate; excel; polish, wax, burnish. See light, repute. take a shine to II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To give forth light] Syn. radiate, beam, scintillate, glitter, sparkle, twinkle,… …

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  • 95twinkle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. blink, wink; scintillate, sparkle, shine. See light. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shimmer, flicker, sparkle; see shine 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. scintillation, flicker, flash, sparkle, glint …

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  • 96glisten — v 1. glint, glimmer, glitter, Archaic. glister, reflect; sparkle, twinkle, flicker; blink, wink, flutter, flare or flare up; waver, sway, quiver, shiver, ripple; shimmer, dance, dazzle, bedazzle; light, spark, scintillate, flame; flash, fulgurate …

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  • 97shimmer — v 1. glow, gleam faintly, shine; luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce, make radiant or lustrous; illuminate, illumine, Archaic. illume, Obs. en lumine; brighten, light up, cast light upon, make brilliant or luminous; radiate, irradiate, effulge;… …

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  • 98k̂uei-3 extended kuei-d-, kuei-s-, kuei-t- —     k̂uei 3 extended kuei d , kuei s , kuei t     English meaning: shining; white     Deutsche Übersetzung: “leuchten; hell, weiß”     Note: probably extension from k̂eu , S. 594 f.     Material: a. k̂uei d : O.Ind. svindatē “glares, gleams”… …

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  • 99(s)p(h)el-2 —     (s)p(h)el 2     English meaning: to shine, shimmer     Deutsche Übersetzung: “glänzen, schimmern”     Material: O.Ind. sphuliŋga m. ‘spark” (Erweiter. eines *sphuli = Arm. p”ail, IE *spheli ), visphulíŋga ds., vi spuliŋgaka “Funken… …

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  • 100sp(h)e(n)d- —     sp(h)e(n)d     English meaning: to shiver, to shake     Deutsche Übersetzung: “zucken, zappeln” and (about “flackern”) “glänzen”     Material: O.Ind. spandatē ‘shrugs, jerks, hits, knocks from”, spanda m. “ twitch, movement”, snüyu spanda… …

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