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overshine, v.|-ˈʃaɪn|
[OE. oferscínan: see over- 7, 8. So OHG. ubarskînan, MHG. überschînen, Du. overschijnen.]
1. trans. To shine over or upon, to illumine.
971Blickl. Hom. 129 Næs na þæt an þæt þæt leoht þa dune ane oferscineþ..ac eac swylce..þa burh. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xvii. 5 Beorht-wolcn hiᵹ ofer-scean. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. i. 38 That wee..Should notwithstanding ioyne our Lights together, And ouer-shine the Earth, as this the World. a1711Ken Sion Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 400 It kindled in Me heavn'ly Flame, I felt it gently over-shine my Breast. 1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 392 A ruddy sun was overshining his face.
2. To surpass in shining, to outshine; chiefly fig., to surpass or excel in some quality. [over- 22.]
1588Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 317 (Qo.) That..Dost ouershine the gallant'st Dames of Rome. c1590Greene Fr. Bacon i. 139 And ouer-shine the troupe of all the maides. 1643Trapp Comm. Gen. xxxvii. 11 Others precellencies, whereby we are over-shined. 1827Carlyle Germ. Rom. III. 86 She would so gladly..have..overshone many a female dignitary.
Hence overˈshining vbl. n.
1587Golding De Mornay iii. 30 Like as the Moone shineth not, but by the ouershining of the Sunne vpon her. |