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–verb (used without object)

1.	to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously.

–noun

2.	a glistening; sparkle.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME glis(t)nen (v.), OE glisnian, deriv. of glisian to glitter; see -en¹

]

—Related forms

glis·ten·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. glimmer, gleam, glitter. Glisten, shimmer, sparkle refer to different ways in which light is reflected from surfaces. Glisten refers to a lustrous light, as from something sleek or wet, or it may refer to myriads of tiny gleams reflected from small surfaces: Wet fur glistens. Snow glistens in the sunlight. Shimmer refers to the changing play of light on a (generally moving) surface, as of water or silk: Moonbeams shimmer on water. Silk shimmers in a high light. To sparkle is to give off sparks or small ignited particles, or to send forth small but brilliant gleams, sometimes by reflection: A diamond sparkles with numerous points of light.

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glis·ten Audio Help   (glĭs'ən) Pronunciation Key
intr.v.   glis·tened, glis·ten·ing, glis·tens
To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster. See Synonyms at flash.

n.   A sparkling, lustrous shine.

[Middle English glisnen, from Old English glisnian; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
glisten

O.E. glisnian, from P.Gmc. root *glis- (cf. O.Fris. glisa "to shine"), from PIE *ghleis-, from base *ghlei- "to shine, glitter, glow, be warm" (see gleam).

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glisten
noun
1.	the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn: glitter]
verb
1.	be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glitter]

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glisten [ˈglisn] verb

to shine faintly or sparkle
Example: His skin glistened with sweat.

Arabic:	يَلْمَع، يَتَلألأ
Chinese (Simplified):	闪烁
Chinese (Traditional):	閃爍
Czech:	lesknout se
Danish:	glinse
Dutch:	glimmen
Estonian:	läikima
Finnish:	kiiltää
French:	reluire
German:	glänzen
Greek:	γυαλίζω, λαμποκοπώ
Hungarian:	csillog
Icelandic:	glitra
Indonesian:	berkilat-kilat
Italian:	luccicare

Japanese:	きらりと光る
Korean:	반짝반짝 빛나다
Latvian:	spīdēt
Lithuanian:	blizgėti
Norwegian:	skinne, glinse, funkle
Polish:	lśnić
Portuguese (Brazil):	luzir
Portuguese (Portugal):	luzir
Romanian:	a sclipi
Russian:	блестеть
Slovak:	lesknúť sa
Slovenian:	lesketati se
Spanish:	brillar, relucir
Swedish:	glänsa, glittra
Turkish:	parıldamak, parlamak

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Glisten

Flash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flashing.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.]

1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.

Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unnumbered struggles. --Talfourd.

The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind. --M. Arnold.

A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in act. --Tennyson.

3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.

Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other. --Shak.

To flash in the pan, to fail of success. [Colloq.] See under Flash, a burst of light. --Bartlett.

Syn: Flash, Glitter, Gleam, Glisten, Glister.

Usage: Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood or wide extent of light. The latter words may express the issuing of light from a small object, or from a pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also, in denoting suddenness of appearance and disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or disploding in not being accompanied with a loud report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears, or flowers wet with dew.

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