Shine \Shine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} (? or ?; 277) (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[=i]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[=i]na, OS. & OHG. sc[=i]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[=i]na, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. ??? shadow. [root]157. Cf. {Sheer} pure, and {Shimmer}.] 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
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 the face to shine upon}, or {To cause the face to shine upon}, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. --Num. vi. 25.
With inspired voice he proclaimed: "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined."
"I shined my flashlight at her, then I looked up.
"The star of socialism since October 1917 has constantly shined and given light," he said. "Thank you comrade deputies for the trust you've granted me in the past and now.
Five theaters shined bright in the Vienna of Prince Metternich, but before plays reached their stages they passed under the pen of a court censor.
The pair walked through streets, peered into trash dumps, rummaged through boxes and plastic crates, shined their flashlights into doorways and alleys _ and came up empty.
Film director Pier Paolo Pasolini once called her a "bitter beauty" who "shined like a pearl" but was always distant.
"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined" (Isiah 9:1).