Meaning & use
glister
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to shine or sparkle, especially with reflected light.
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Frost made the branches glister in the early morning sun.
Coins glistered at the bottom of the fountain.
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An archaic, literary word, now mostly recognized from the proverb 'all that glisters is not gold' (often misquoted as 'glitters').
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