† ˈrutilate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. ppl. stem of L. rutilāre, f. rutilus reddish, golden, shining, etc.]
(See quots. and cf. prec.)
| 1623 Cockeram, Rutilate, to shine, to make to glister. 1656 Blount, Rutilate,..to shine or glare, to make to shine or glister like Gold, to make bright, yellow. 1669 Addr. Yng. Gentry Eng. 77 Our painter may fear to begin a face so full of life, as all his skill and oyl will be too little to rarifie and air, to brisk and rutilate. |
So † rutiˈlation.
| 1658 Phillips, Rutilation, a shining, glistring, or glaring. |