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verb

Shine v. t. (past & past part. shone, archaic shined; pres. part. shining)

To cause to shine, as a light. (Obs.) "He (God) doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally."

To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them. (U. S.)

Shine v. i. (past & past part. shone, archaic shined; pres. part. shining)

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. "Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine." "God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist." "Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster."

To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.

To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. "So proud she shined in her princely state." "Once brightest shined this child of heat and air."

To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. "Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable."

To make the face to shine upon, or To cause the face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious to.

noun

Shine n.

The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen. "Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine." "Fair opening to some court's propitious shine." "The distant shine of the celestial city."

Sunshine; fair weather. "Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine."

A liking for a person; a fancy. (Slang, U.S.)

Caper; antic; row. (Slang)

To cut up shines, to play pranks. (Slang, U.S.)

adjective

Shine adj. Shining; sheen. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Shine'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shine" Quotes from Famous Books

... poesy I am determined to prosecute with all my vigour. Nature has given very few, if any, of the profession, the talents of shining in every species of composition. I shall try (for until trial it is impossible to know) whether she has qualified me to shine in any one. ...

— Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) - Authors and Journalists • Various

... nervous I feel—actually nervous. What great eyes they have, and how they shine! and what are those sharp white things in their mouths? I really don't like them to look at me in that way. It seems like something personal. I wish ...

— Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... that we are going to have a change of weather," said Oliver, as he came on deck. "The air feels unusually oppressive for this time of night. There is a mist rising to the southward, though the stars overhead shine as bright ...

— From Powder Monkey to Admiral - A Story of Naval Adventure • W.H.G. Kingston

... she felt a dim and far-off sense of pity—almost a fear, lest that unsatisfied spirit might be lost and wandering in a chaos of dark experience without any clue to guide or any light to shine upon its dreadful solitude. So may the dead come nearer to the living than when ...

— Innocent - Her Fancy and His Fact • Marie Corelli

... streaming across the face of the moon, like a huge swarm of tiny ants, they could see thousands and thousands of little birds. Soon the whole sky seemed full of them, and still more kept coming—more and more. There were so many that for a little they covered the whole moon so it could not shine, and the sea grew dark and black—like when a storm-cloud ...

— The Story of Doctor Dolittle • Hugh Lofting

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