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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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"Shine" Quotes from Famous Books

... old hair oiled and curled," cried Dick. "The barber charged a shilling for doing it, and cut my hair into the bargain. I told him not to spare grease, for I liked the curls to shine—sailors always do. Mr. Carlyle, Barbara says that Levison and that brute Thorn—the one's as much of a brute as the other, though—have turned out to ...

— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood

... developed piece. At least, it closes the symphony without loss of vitality—whether with increasing elevation of spiritual meaning is for each hearer to determine according to the measure of his capacity and receptive ness. Inspiration is not a question of light being ready, but of clear glass to shine through. ...

— The Masters and their Music - A series of illustrative programs with biographical, - esthetical, and critical annotations • W. S. B. Mathews

... conduct; for children are not indifferent to what they see in others: they certainly take notice of all our movements, and consequently the greatest caution is necessary. It will be of little purpose to endeavour to inculcate suitable precepts in the minds of the children, unless they see them shine forth in the ...

— The Infant System - For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, - from One to Seven years of Age • Samuel Wilderspin

... Pohjola. But Wainamoinen and the other heroes returned home rejoicing, and on the shore they found fragments of the Sampo's lid. Then Wainamoinen prayed to Ukko to be merciful and kind to them, and to protect them from frost and hail and bears, and to let the golden light of the Moon and Sun shine for ever on the ...

— Finnish Legends for English Children • R. Eivind

... time I am shuddering at myself.' There spake the future author of the immortal sermons. There spake a mind and a heart that have deepened the minds and the hearts of Christian men more than any other influence of the century; a mind and a heart, moreover, that will shine and beat in our best literature and in our deepest devotion for centuries to come. You must all know by this time another classical passage from the pen of another spiritual genius in the Church of England, ...

— Bunyan Characters - Third Series - The Holy War • Alexander Whyte

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