1648 S. Rutherford Surv. Spirituall Antichrist i. 42 The Holy Ghost..shews us of the outgoings, incommings of the beloved in the soule, of his cloudings and outshinings of free love, of the acts of the hands of Christ.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 582 The Effulgency or Out-shining of Light and Splendour from the Sun.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. i. i. 7 The lurid darkness of their clouds, and the outshining of rainbows.

1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (i. 14–19) 60 Whatever remained of hindrance to the outshining of the sun, moon, and stars on the land.

1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xxviii. 2 Glory is the out-shining of intrinsic excellence.

1898 T. H. Rand At Minas Basin 131 Man views the outshining From the heavenly height, Feels the sweet picture's lure.

1992 P. S. Fiddes Creative Suffering of God iv. 78 It serves most obviously to describe the outshining of the divine majesty, or the making manifest of invisible godhead.

1754 R. O. Cambridge Intruder 16 No art, no project, no designing, No rivalship and no outshining.

1920 S. Webb & B. Webb Constit. Socialist Commonw. Great Brit. iv. 207 What even enthusiastic reformers are concerned about is not..the outshining in municipal achievement of any other city.

1940 J. F. Brown & K. A. Menninger Psychodynamics of Abnormal Behavior xi. 229 The writer had often thought semiconsciously, ‘If I could only speak German properly, I could certainly outshine all these “dumb apes”.’ In the dream the outshining occurred.

1989 C. Izawa Current Issues in Cognitive Processes ix. 333 According to the outshining principle, the physical reinstatement of EC cues will aid performance only if such cues are not ‘outshone’ by other cues.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xv. 12 Saul was comyn in to carmeel & hadde arerid to hym an outschynynge tookne of victorie in maner of a bowe [L. fornicem triumphalem].

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 266 My son,..Whose bright outshining beames, thy cloudy wrath Hath in eternall darkenes foulded vp. View more context for this quotation

1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. iii. xix Surly Superstition, That clear out-shining Truth cannot abide.

1837 E. S. Wortley Fragments & Fancies 53 Oh! ye unchanging and outshining skies, Ye wear your crown of old sublimities.

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xl. 373 With a purpose in his face, the sailor came..and all through her, this outshining purpose of his quivered and thrilled.

1919 F. Morton Secret Spring ii. l. 56 I must have caught in all my body and blood Some fragrance of her preciousness, some gleam Of her outshining immortality.

1951 F. M. Powicke Ways of Medieval Life & Thought 13 Take note here of the outshining humility of this gentlest of men.

1608 G. Wilkins Painfull Adventures Pericles ix. sig. G2 It is now quoth she, foureteene yeers since Pericles this out-shining gerles father departed this our Citty.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV clviii. 82 This Outshining and o'erwhelming edifice [sc. St Peter's] Fools our fond gaze.