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Glow (glō), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowed (glōd); p. pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] [AS. glōwan; akin to D. gloeijen, OHG. gluoen, G. glühen, Icel. glōa, Dan. gloende glowing. √94. Cf. Gloom.]
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1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
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Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees. Pope.
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2. To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc.
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Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays. Dryden.
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And glow with shame of your proceedings. Shak.
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3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
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Did not his temples glow
In the same sultry winds and acrching heats? Addison.
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The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands. Gay.
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4. To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, “the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism”.
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With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows. Dryden.
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Burns with one love, with one resentment glows. Pope.
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Glow, v. t. To make hot; to flush. [Poetic]
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Fans, whose wind did seem
To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool. Shak.
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Glow, n.
1. White or red heat; incandscence.
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2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, “the glow of health in the cheeks”.
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3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.
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The red glow of scorn. Shak.
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4. Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.
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