coruscate
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cor·us·cate
(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.
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coruscate
(ˈkɒrəˌskeɪt)vb
(intr) to emit flashes of light; sparkle
[C18: from Latin coruscāre to flash, vibrate]
ˈcoruˌscating adj
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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]
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coruscate
Past participle: coruscated
Gerund: coruscating
| Imperative |
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| coruscate |
| coruscate |
| Present |
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| I coruscate |
| you coruscate |
| he/she/it coruscates |
| we coruscate |
| you coruscate |
| they coruscate |
| Preterite |
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| I coruscated |
| you coruscated |
| he/she/it coruscated |
| we coruscated |
| you coruscated |
| they coruscated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am coruscating |
| you are coruscating |
| he/she/it is coruscating |
| we are coruscating |
| you are coruscating |
| they are coruscating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have coruscated |
| you have coruscated |
| he/she/it has coruscated |
| we have coruscated |
| you have coruscated |
| they have coruscated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was coruscating |
| you were coruscating |
| he/she/it was coruscating |
| we were coruscating |
| you were coruscating |
| they were coruscating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had coruscated |
| you had coruscated |
| he/she/it had coruscated |
| we had coruscated |
| you had coruscated |
| they had coruscated |
| Future |
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| I will coruscate |
| you will coruscate |
| he/she/it will coruscate |
| we will coruscate |
| you will coruscate |
| they will coruscate |
| Future Perfect |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would coruscate |
| you would coruscate |
| he/she/it would coruscate |
| we would coruscate |
| you would coruscate |
| they would coruscate |
| Past Conditional |
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| 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 |
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Verb 1. coruscate - reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
2. coruscate - be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
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coruscate
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Translations
corruscare coruscare
coruscate
vi → funkeln
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