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Definition of agleam adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

agleam

adjective

/əˈɡliːm/

/əˈɡliːm/

[not before noun] (literary)

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shining brightly
- His skin was agleam with sweat.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from a- to, towards + gleam.

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