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ˈfulgurate, v. [f. L. fulgurāt- ppl. stem of fulgurāre to lighten, f. fulgur lightning: see -ate3.] intr. To emit vivid flashes like lightning.
1677Phil. Trans. XVIII. 867 [It] doth now and then fulgurate, and sometimes also raise it self as 'twere into waves of light. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. iii. 179 As soon would we have believed that two Diamonds could Fulgurate. 1756[see flagrate v.] Hence ˈfulgurating ppl. a.; also transf. (of pains) darting like lightning through the body.
1677Phil. Trans. XVIII. 867 This fulgurating substance carries its light alwaies with it. 1709F. Hauksbee Phys. Mech. Exp. ii. (1719) 36 A brisk Fulgurating Light was produc'd. 1878A. M. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 276 The individual may first notice the commencement of the disease by fulgurating pains which dart from the feet up the legs and thighs. |