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verb

Glow v. t. To make hot; to flush. (Poetic) "Fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool."

Glow v. i. (past & past part. glowed; pres. part. glowing)

1.

To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent. "Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees."

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. "Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays." "And glow with shame of your proceedings."

3.

To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn. "Did not his temples glow In the same sultry winds and acrching heats?" "The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands."

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. "With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows." "Burns with one love, with one resentment glows."

adjective

glowing adj.

1.

Softly bright or radiant.

Synonyms: aglow(predicate), lambent, luminous, lucent.

2.

Highly enthusiastic; as, glowing praise.

3.

Brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light.

Synonyms: fluorescent.

4.

Afire; as, glowing embers. (prenominal)

Synonyms: burning.

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Etymology of 'Glowing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... made no protest. Such outbursts on the captain's part were but the escaping steam from the overcharged boiler of his indignation. Underneath lay the firebox of his heart, chock full of red-hot coals glowing with sympathy for every soul who needed his help. If his safety valve let go once in a while it was ...

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... times, and received fresh volume from mediaeval Christianity, encouraging ecstatic mysticism to drive to frenzy the population of its mountain cities. Umbrian painting is inspired by it, and the glowing words of Jacopone da Todi expressed in poetry the same religious fervour which the life of Florence and Perugia ...

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... besides attending the public services and generally taking part in them. At the close of one of the meetings a deacon and his wife rushed through the crowd to me, and gave such an exhibition of joy that it drew the attention of the congregation. He gave a glowing account of my visit to Little Rock, Arkansas, and of my life- long work for their down-trodden people. The hand-shaking for half an hour made my hands lame for three days. The deacon bought himself when a young man, and acquired a property ...

— A Woman's Life-Work - Labors and Experiences • Laura S. Haviland

... my friend in the pulpit. "How like his father," I whispered to Gretchen; the poetry in him warming his soul into a burst of fervid eloquence, and his face glowing with the beautiful truths he was unfolding to his hearers. An uncouth church of rough stone, with quaint windows and curious carvings, the ceiling arched, with a blue ground on which blazed innumerable stars. Strange and novel as it was, my eye never wandered ...

— Scenes in Switzerland • American Tract Society

... between Tess and Dot. He did so to-night. But beside him was the Irish cobbler. Opposite was the stout and glowing Mr. Sorber, prepared to do destruction to Mrs. MacCall's viands first of all, and then to destroy Neale's ...

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