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refulgere [CL] 1 to radiate light, shine brightly (also in fig context). b to shine with reflected light, gleam (also in fig. context). c (fig.) to shine forth, be resplendent (cf. sense 3 infra). approximante ‥ solis ortu ‥, quando lucet quidem ‥ dies, sed minime adhuc donec sol ortus ~get Bede Gen. 23D; et Phoebus vicit tenebrarum regna refulgens Alcuin Carm. 59. 7; hinc quadriga Dei, cherubin comitante, refulget, / quae Christi in mundum tempora sacra sonat Ib. 69. 155; miles erat Christi Petrus, sed tempore quo sol / indutus vera carne refulsit humo Neckam DS V 256; agmine stellarum multo varioque refulget / celestis via, que lactea nomen habet Id. Poems 114; lux inmensa de celo ~sit (Berachus 31) VSH I 84; ignis divini amoris in eo ~gens (Lasrianus 27) Ib. II 138.  b de arcu. ‥ rarius ‥ aestate quam hieme, et raro noctibus, nec nisi in plenilunio cernitur utpote de luna ~gens Bede NR 31 p. 221; monile ‥ quod ‥ tanti fulgore luminis ~gere videbatur Id. HE IV 21 p. 256; aurea lux mundi, ‥ / et decus ecclesiae, gemmisque corona refulgens Alcuin Carm. 28. 28; si ipso [sc. plumbo nostro] expurgato omnino, solum purum argentum examinatum ~geat H. Bos. LM 1328D.  c dum sermo de his per multarum scripturarum auctoritatem velut excelsi sideris fulgore olim humano generi paene ubique ~sit Lib. Monstr. prol.; perfecti quique vera internae sapientiae luce ~gent Bede Tab. 489B; caritatis ‥ quae sicut aurum ‥ ita ceteris eximior virtutibus ‥ singulari luce ~get Id. Templ. 757C; o quam perspicuo radians splendore refulget / coetus apostolicus, niveo candore venustus Wulf. Brev. 398; populi et familie sue ~get leticia, quasi corona aurea sole repercussa Dominic V. Ecgwini I 21; martyrii decus his contulit una dies. / celum luminibus tantis et Roma refulgent Neckam DS V 259. 2 to be visually conspicuous, to appear brightly or conspicuously (also fig). cortinae ‥ ita intus in superioribus variato suae picturae flore ~gebant ut ‥ Bede Tab. 429D; in purpureo colore possit ipsa effusio sanguinis ‥ intellegi; ‥ merito talis species inter alias in umero sacerdoti ~get Ib. 467C; linteum ‥ in quo ejusdem Salvatoris imago mirabiliter depicta ~get Ord. Vit. IX 11 p. 564; imaginem ‥ Dei, que ~get in homine P. Blois Serm. 762A. 3 (of person, usu. w. abl.) to be conspicuous (for); b (of conduct or quality) to stand out. propter ‥ doctrinam et opera quibus ~gebat in mundo Bede Tab. 401D; apostoli ‥ virtutibus ~gentes Id. Acts 954A; hic martyr faustus, hic sacri pontifex haustus, / ambo refulgentes, celo terraque potentes R. Cant. Malch. VI 277 (= Id. Poems 292. 6); dum sullimi laude virtutum ~get, temptationem diaboli ‥ expertus est W. Malm. GP IV 138; Flavius insignis virtutum flore refulsit (Vers.) Ord. Vit. V 9 p. 341; tante excellentie noster Albanus titulo ~gebat W. Newb. Serm. 895; ille [sc. clericus] ~gens serenitate, iste [sc. monacus] simplicitate Lucian Chester 69.  b quanto magis in vultu illius hominis ‥ summa virtus et sapientia ~gebat Bede Cant. 1165B; talibus egregiis ‥ ista patronis / emicat alma dies, quibus est subjecta refulgens Wulf. Brev. 437; predecessorum quorum vita evidentibus miraculis insignita manifeste ~sit Ord. Vit. VIII 26 p. 436; vita ‥ apostolis ore Domini commendata magis ~get in fratribus minoribus quam in te Peckham Kilw. 128.

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