coruscate

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[edit] English

WOTD - 3 March 2006    
The coruscating lights of the aurora borealis

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[edit] Etymology

From the Latin coruscare (“to flash”).

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  • enPR: kôrʹə-skāt, kŏrʹ-

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coruscate (third-person singular simple present coruscates, present participle coruscating, simple past and past participle coruscated) (intransitive)

  1. To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.
  2. To exhibit brilliant technique or style.

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To check

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coruscate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of coruscare
  2. second-person plural imperative of coruscare
  3. Feminine plural of coruscato

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coruscāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of coruscō
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