Sparkle — Defs

01 n. A little spark; a scintillation.

1.
A little spark; a scintillation.
“As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is.” — Chaucer.

“The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper.” — Prescott.
2.
Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.

02 v. i. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillat…

imp. & p. p. Sparkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sparkling

1.
To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
“A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling.” — Chaucer.
2.
To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
“I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.” — Milton.
3.
To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.

Syn. To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate; glitter; twinkle.

03 v. t. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.

04 v. t. To disperse.

1.
To disperse.[Obs.]
“The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise.” — State Papers.
2.
To scatter on or over.[Obs.]