- scintillate⇄scintillate, verb, -lated,-lating.
- scintillate⇄v.i. to sparkle; flash; twinkle.
Ex. The snow scintillates in the sun like diamonds. (Figurative.) Brilliant wit scintillates.
(SYN) glitter, glisten. - scintillate⇄v.t. to flash with; shower like sparks.
Ex. That this globe was originally a globe of liquid fire, scintillated from the body of the sun, by the percussion of a comet (Washington Irving).