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Webster 1913 Edition
Shine
Shine
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shone
([GREEK] or [GREEK]; 277)
(archaic
Shined
); p. pr. & vb. n.
Shining
.] 1.
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
. Shakespeare
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. 2 Cor. iv. 6.
Let thine eyes
shine
forth in their full luster. Denham.
2.
To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy;
as, to
. shine
like polished silver3.
To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.
“So proud she shined in her princely state.” Spenser.
Once brightest
shined
this child of heat and air. Pope.
4.
To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers;
as, to
. shine
in courts; to shine
in conversationFew are qualified to
shine
in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. Swift.
To make the face to shine upon
, or To cause the face to shine upon
to be propitious to; to be gracious to.
Num. vi. 25.
Shine
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to shine, as a light.
[Obs.]
He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor
shine
honor and virtues, upon men equally. Bacon.
2.
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.]
Bartlett.
Shine
,Noun.
1.
The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
Now sits not girt with taper's holy
shine
. Milton.
Fair opening to some court's propitious
shine
. Pope.
The distant
shine
of the celestial city. Hawthorne.
2.
Sunshine; fair weather.
Be it fair or foul, or rain or
shine
. Dryden.
3.
A liking for a person; a fancy.
[Slang, U.S.]
4.
Caper; antic; row.
[Slang]
To cut up shines
, to play pranks.
[Slang, U.S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Shine
SHINE
,Verb.
I.
1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit lightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Shining differs from sparkling, glistening, glittering, as it usually implies a steady radiation or emission of light, whereas the latter words usually imply irregular or interrupted radiation. This distinction is not always not always observed, and we may say, the fixed stars shine, as well as they sparkle. But we never say the sun or the moon sparkles.
2. To be bright; to be lively and animated; to be brilliant.
Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. Denham.
3. To be unclouded; as, the moon shines.