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overshine

overshine verb: to shine over or upon; to illumine.

Verb

overshine (third-person singular simple present overshines, present participle overshining, simple past and past participle overshone)

  1. (poetic) To shine over or upon; to illumine.
    • join our lights together,
      And overshine the earthc. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  2. (poetic) To excel in shining; to outshine.
    • Tamora, queen of Goths,
      That, like the stately Phæbe 'mongst her nymphs,
      Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Romec. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of overshine

third-person singular presentovershines
present participleovershining
past participleovershone
pastovershone

Origin of overshine

From over- + shine.

Questions about overshine

What does overshine mean?
Overshine means to shine over or upon; to illumine.
What part of speech is overshine?
Overshine is a verb.
What is the past tense of overshine?
The past tense of overshine is overshone.

Words near overshine in the dictionary

  1. overshepherds
  2. overshift
  3. overshifted
  4. overshifting
  5. overshifts
  6. overshine
  7. overshines
  8. overshining
  9. overshirt
  10. overshirts
  11. overshock

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