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English
Etymology
From over- + shine.
Verb
overshine (third-person singular simple present overshines, present participle overshining, simple past and past participle overshone)
- (poetic) To shine over or upon; to illumine.
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :join our lights together,
And overshine the earth
- (poetic) To excel in shining; to outshine.
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Tamora, queen of Goths,
That, like the stately Phæbe 'mongst her nymphs,
Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Rome
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