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    Shadow , n. [Originally the same word as shade. √162. See Shade.]
    1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
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    2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.
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      Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.
      Denham.

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    3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
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      In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
      On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid.
      Spenser.

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    4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
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    5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
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      Sin and her shadow Death.
      Milton.

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    6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. “Hence, horrible shadow!”
      Shak.

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    7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
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      The law having a shadow of good things to come.
      Heb. x. 1.

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      [Types] and shadows of that destined seed.
      Milton.

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    8. A small degree; a shade. “No variableness, neither shadow of turning.” 
      James i. 17.

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    9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [A Latinism]
      Nares.

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      I must not have my board pastered with shadows
      That under other men's protection break in
      Without invitement.
      Massinger.

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      Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death.
      Ps. xxiii. 4.

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    Shadow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shadowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shadowing.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See adow, n.]
    1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
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      The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
      So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.
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    2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. [R.]
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      Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
      And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
      The numbers of our host.
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    3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
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      Shadowing their right under your wings of war.
      Shak.

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    4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
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    5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
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      Augustus is shadowed in the person of Æneas.
      Dryden.

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    6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
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      The shadowed livery of the burnished sun.
      Shak.

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      Why sad?
      I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.
      Beau. & Fl.

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    7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
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