overshine

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verb

To shine over or upon; to illumine.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person overshines · participle present overshining · participle past overshone · past overshone

  1. poeticTo shine over or upon; to illumine.

    join our lights together, And overshine the earth

    c. 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, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]
  2. poeticTo excel in shining; to outshine.

    Tamora, queen of Goths, That, like the stately Phæbe 'mongst her nymphs, Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Rome

    c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]

Origin

From over- + shine.

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APA

overshine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshine

MLA

“overshine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overshine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshine.

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