Shine (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Shone (&?; or &?;; 277) (archaic Shined
(&?;)); p. pr. & vb. n. Shining.] [OE.
shinen, schinen, AS. scīnan; akin to D.
schijnen, OFries. skīna, OS. & OHG.
scīnan, G. scheinen, Icel. skīna, Sw.
skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to
Gr. &?;&?;&?; shadow. √157. Cf. Sheer pure, and
Shimmer.] 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.
Shak.
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
silver.
3. 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 conversation.
Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in
most men's power to be agreeable.
Swift.
To make, or cause, the
face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious
to. Num. vi. 25.
Shine, v. 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, n. 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.]
Shine (?), a. [AS. scīn.
See Shine, v. i.] Shining; sheen.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Shine (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Shone (&?; or &?;; 277) (archaic Shined
(&?;)); p. pr. & vb. n. Shining.] [OE.
shinen, schinen, AS. scīnan; akin to D.
schijnen, OFries. skīna, OS. & OHG.
scīnan, G. scheinen, Icel. skīna, Sw.
skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to
Gr. &?;&?;&?; shadow. √157. Cf. Sheer pure, and
Shimmer.] 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.
Shak.
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
silver.
3. 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 conversation.
Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in
most men's power to be agreeable.
Swift.
To make, or cause, the
face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious
to. Num. vi. 25.
Shine, v. 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, n. 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.]
Shine (?), a. [AS. scīn.
See Shine, v. i.] Shining; sheen.
[Obs.] Spenser.
