coruscate

cor·us·cate

C0666100 (kôr′ə-skāt′, kŏr′-)intr.v. cor·us·cat·ed, cor·us·cat·ing, cor·us·cates 1. To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight.2. To exhibit sparkling virtuosity: a flutist whose music coruscated throughout the concert hall.

[Latin coruscāre, coruscāt-, to flash.]

cor′us·ca′tion n.

coruscate

(ˈkɒrəˌskeɪt) vb (intr) to emit flashes of light; sparkle[C18: from Latin coruscāre to flash, vibrate] ˈcoruˌscating adj

cor•us•cate

(ˈkɔr əˌskeɪt, ˈkɒr-)

v.i. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; gleam. [1695–1705; < Latin coruscātus, past participle of coruscāre to quiver, flash, derivative of coruscus quivering, flashing]

coruscate

Past participle: coruscated
Gerund: coruscating

Imperative
coruscate
coruscate

Present
I coruscate
you coruscate
he/she/it coruscates
we coruscate
you coruscate
they coruscate

Preterite
I coruscated
you coruscated
he/she/it coruscated
we coruscated
you coruscated
they coruscated

Present Continuous
I am coruscating
you are coruscating
he/she/it is coruscating
we are coruscating
you are coruscating
they are coruscating

Present Perfect
I have coruscated
you have coruscated
he/she/it has coruscated
we have coruscated
you have coruscated
they have coruscated

Past Continuous
I was coruscating
you were coruscating
he/she/it was coruscating
we were coruscating
you were coruscating
they were coruscating

Past Perfect
I had coruscated
you had coruscated
he/she/it had coruscated
we had coruscated
you had coruscated
they had coruscated

Future
I will coruscate
you will coruscate
he/she/it will coruscate
we will coruscate
you will coruscate
they will coruscate

Future Perfect
I will have coruscated
you will have coruscated
he/she/it will have coruscated
we will have coruscated
you will have coruscated
they will have coruscated

Future Continuous
I will be coruscating
you will be coruscating
he/she/it will be coruscating
we will be coruscating
you will be coruscating
they will be coruscating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been coruscating
you have been coruscating
he/she/it has been coruscating
we have been coruscating
you have been coruscating
they have been coruscating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been coruscating
you will have been coruscating
he/she/it will have been coruscating
we will have been coruscating
you will have been coruscating
they will have been coruscating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been coruscating
you had been coruscating
he/she/it had been coruscating
we had been coruscating
you had been coruscating
they had been coruscating

Conditional
I would coruscate
you would coruscate
he/she/it would coruscate
we would coruscate
you would coruscate
they would coruscate

Past Conditional
I would have coruscated
you would have coruscated
he/she/it would have coruscated
we would have coruscated
you would have coruscated
they would have coruscated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	coruscate - reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"sparkle, scintillateshine, reflect - be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"
	2.	coruscate - be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"sparkle, scintillatebe - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

coruscate

verbTo emit light suddenly in rays or sparks:flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink.

Translations

corruscarecoruscareсверкатьсверкающий

coruscate

cor·us·cate

coruscate

cor•us•cate

coruscate

coruscate

coruscate

Synonyms for coruscate

verb to emit light suddenly in rays or sparks

Synonyms

Synonyms for coruscate

verb reflect brightly

Synonyms

Related Words

verb be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity

Synonyms

Related Words