sparken

English

Etymology

From spark +‎ -en.

Verb

sparken (third-person singular simple present sparkens, present participle sparkening, simple past and past participle sparkened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To spark or ignite in sparks
    • 1929, Percy MacKaye, Weathergoose-woo!, page 171:
      […] and her princess-feather flipped purty in the wind; and thar a siller wishbone jewelled betwixt her breastes; and her pink-red-pepper wristicuffs sparkened; […]
    • 2008, Ken Muller, RANDOM FITZ of KINDNESS, page 28:
      And milady said, “I am but an afterthought. Nothing more. I am but an instrument. Nothng more. I am but a sparkened catalyst. Nothing more”

Anagrams

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Noun

sparken

  1. definite singular of spark
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