Shine

v. i. [imp. SHONE, or SHINED; p. p. SHONE, or SHINED; p. pr. & vb. n. SHINING.] [A-S., O. Sax., & O. H. Ger. scînan, Goth. skeinan, O. Fries., Icel., & Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, M. H. Ger. & L. Ger. schînen, N. H. Ger. scheinen, D. schijnen.]

1Sense 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 Christ. 2 Cor. iv. 6.

2Sense 2. To be bright; to be lively and animated; to be brilliant.

Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. Denham.

3Sense 3. To be glossy or bright, as silk. “Fish with their fins and shining scales.” Milton.

4Sense 4. To be gay, splendid, or beautiful. “So proud she shined in her princely state.” Spenser.

Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. Pope.

5Sense 5. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; as, to shine in courts.

Few are qualified to shine in company; but it is in most men’s power to be agreeable. Swift.

To cause the face to shine upon, to be propitious to.

v. t. To occasion or make to shine; as, to shine the eyes of a deer. Bartlett.

n. [A-S. scinia, M. H. Ger. schîn, L. Ger. schien, N. H. Ger. schein, Icel. & Dan. skin.]

1Sense 1. Fair weather.

Be it fair or foul, rain or shine. Dryden.

2Sense 2. The state of shining; brightness; splendor; luster; gloss; polish. “Now sits not girt with taper’s holy shine.” Milton. “Fair opening to some court’s propitious shine.” Pope.

3Sense 3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Colloq.]

Shining; sheen. [Obs.] Spenser.