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   Shine , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shone  (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.]
   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.
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   Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine.
   Shak.
   
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   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.
   
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   Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster.
   Denham.
   
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   To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
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   To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. “So proud she shined in her princely state.”  
   Spenser.
   
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   Once brightest shined this child of heat and air.
   Pope.
   
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   To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.
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   Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable.
   Swift.
   
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   To make the face to shine upon, or To cause the face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious to.
   Num. vi. 25.
   
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   Shining , a.
   Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor. “Fish . . . with their fins and shining scales.”  
   Milton.
   
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   Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity.
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   Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.
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   Syn. -- Glistening; bright; radiant; resplendent; effulgent; lustrous; brilliant; glittering; splendid; illustrious.  -- Shining, Brilliant, Sparking. Shining describes the steady emission of a strong light, or the steady reflection of light from a clear or polished surface. Brilliant denotes a shining of great brightness, but with gleams or flashes. Sparkling implies a fitful, intense shining from radiant points or sparks, by which the eye is dazzled. The same distinctions obtain when these epithets are figuratively applied. A man of shining talents is made conspicious by possessing them; if they flash upon the mind with a peculiarly striking effect, we call them brilliant; if his brilliancy is marked by great vivacity and occasional intensity, he is sparkling.
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   True paradise . . . inclosed with shining rock.
   Milton.
   
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   Some in a brilliant buckle bind her waist,
   Some round her neck a circling light display.
   Gay.
   
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   His sparkling blade about his head he blest.
   Spenser.
   
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   Shining, n. Emission or reflection of light.
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