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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scintillate \Scin"til*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scintillated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Scintillating}.] [L. scintillare,
     scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. {Stencil}.]
     1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
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              As the electrical globe only scintillates when
              rubbed against its cushion.           --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scintillate
       v 1: give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
       2: reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the
          hillside" [syn: {sparkle}, {coruscate}]
       3: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a
          constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
          [syn: {twinkle}, {winkle}]
       4: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged
          particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"
       5: be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical
          performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation";
          "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall" [syn: {sparkle},
           {coruscate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "scintillate":
     be brilliant, be merry with, blink, coruscate, crack a joke,
     crack wise, fleer at, fun, gibe at, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint,
     glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, jape, jest, joke, josh, kid,
     kid around, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, mock,
     play on words, poke fun at, pun, quip, ridicule, scoff at, shimmer,
     spangle, spark, sparkle, tinsel, twinkle, utter a mot, wisecrack
  
  

















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