A person’s or thing’s first appearance before society or another audience; one’s “maiden voyage”.
To make one's début.
An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.
To be strongly but briefly apparent.