"overshine" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overshines [present, singular, third-person], overshining [participle, present], overshone [participle, past], overshone [past]
Etymology: From over- + shine. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|shine}} over- + shine Head templates: {{en-verb|overshines|overshining|overshone}} overshine (third-person singular simple present overshines, present participle overshining, simple past and past participle overshone)
  1. (poetic) To shine over or upon; to illumine. Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-overshine-en-verb-kb4Gmxuk Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 63 37
  2. (poetic) To excel in shining; to outshine. Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-overshine-en-verb-h-eIU04R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85

Inflected forms

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