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Definition of Beshine
1. v. t. To shine upon; to illumine.
Definition of Beshine
1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To shine around or upon. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive dialectal) To give light to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beshine
1. to light up [v BESHONE, BESHINING, BESHINES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beshine
Literary usage of Beshine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"(A.-S.) beshine. To give light to. This is found among the obsolete words given
at the commencement of Batman uppon Bartholome, fol. bond. 1582. ..."
2. Russell's Magazine by Paul Hamilton Payne (1859)
"... Whose look is bent on India's opal seas, Are ever mindful of the pearls t hat
glow With lambent lustre in the deeps beshine Of Truth, and Purity, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"... beshine. To give light to. This is found among the obsolete words given at
the commencement of Batman uppon Bartholome, fol. bond. 1582. ..."
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