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What does "shine" mean?

Shine: Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. Denham.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
  2. 3.To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. "So proud she shined in her princely state." Spenser. Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. Pope.
  3. 4.To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. Swift. To make, or cause, the face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. Num. vi.
  4. 5.1. To cause to shine, as a light. [Obs.] He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. Bacon.
  5. 6.To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them. [U. S.] Bartlett.
  6. 7.The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen. Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. Milton. Fair opening to some court's propitious shine. Pope. The distant shine of the celestial city. Hawthorne.
  7. 8.Sunshine; fair weather. Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. Dryden.
  8. 9.A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]
  9. 10.Caper; antic; row. [Slang] To cut up shines, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]
  10. 11.Shining; sheen. [Obs.] Spenser.

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