Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. --Shak.
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.
Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster.
--Denham.
2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be
glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
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.
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. 25.
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.
Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. --Dryden.
3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]
{To cut up shines}, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]
He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and
virtues, upon men equally. --Bacon.
2. 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.