Shimmered

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

  Shimmer \Shim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shimmered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Shimmering}.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to
     sc[imac]mian, sc[imac]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G.
     schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[imac]ma a light,
     brightness, Icel. sk[imac]ma, Goth. skeima a torch, a
     lantern, and E. shine. [root]157. See {Shine}, v. i.]


     To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine
     faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
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           The shimmering glimpses of a stream.     --Tennyson.
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