"beshine" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beshines [present, singular, third-person], beshining [participle, present], beshone [participle, past], beshone [past]
Etymology: From Middle English beshinen, beschinen, from Old English besċīnan (“to shine upon, light up, illuminate”), from Proto-Germanic *biskīnaną (“to shine upon”), equivalent to be- + shine. Cognate with Dutch beschijnen (“to shine upon”), German bescheinen (“to shine upon”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|beshinen}} Middle English beshinen, {{m|enm|beschinen}} beschinen, {{der|en|ang|besċīnan||to shine upon, light up, illuminate}} Old English besċīnan (“to shine upon, light up, illuminate”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*biskīnaną||to shine upon}} Proto-Germanic *biskīnaną (“to shine upon”), {{prefix|en|be|shine}} be- + shine, {{cog|nl|beschijnen||to shine upon}} Dutch beschijnen (“to shine upon”), {{cog|de|bescheinen||to shine upon}} German bescheinen (“to shine upon”) Head templates: {{en-verb|beshines|beshining|beshone}} beshine (third-person singular simple present beshines, present participle beshining, simple past and past participle beshone)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To shine around or upon. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-beshine-en-verb-PWPRRBJ1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 50 50
  2. (transitive, dialectal) To give light to. Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-beshine-en-verb-E6aY2tf5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 50 50

Inflected forms

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