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Luminesce

//ˌlumɪˈnɛs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent. intransitive

    "Phosphorus will only begin to luminesce at a certain small pressure of oxygen."

  2. 2
    be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence wordnet

Etymology

Back-formation from luminescent.

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