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Definition of Outshines
1. outshine [v] - See also: outshine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outshines
Literary usage of Outshines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"... who, I hear from all hands, so far outshines all the Florentine beauties, that
none of them dare appear before her. I shall take great pleasure in being ..."
2. A Grammar of the Idiom of the New Testament by Georg Benedikt Winer, Gottlieb Lünemann, Edward Masson, Joseph Henry Thayer (1877)
"... what appears foolishness in God's arrangements is not only wisdom, but is even
wiser than men, outshines all the wisdom of men. 231 §38. SUPERLATIVE. ..."
3. Book of Family Prayer: Bible Lessons with Meditations for Each Day, Arranged by Nils Jakob Jensen Laache (1902)
"... And Jacob's Star outshines the sun. 35. Second Christmas Day. I. Lord Jesus,
gather us by thy word under the wings of thy grace. Amen. ..."
4. The Mohawks: A Satirical Poem with Notes by Morgan (Sydney), Lady Morgan (1822)
"... Lay Lords in reputation soar ;16 Where Cr-kr, like the Queen of Night, Fairly
outshines each minor light." 15 Quietum Pompili regnum memorem, ..."
5. The Centennial of Religious Journalism. "Thy Kingdom Come." by John Pressley Barrett (1908)
"name of Christ are called by the most worthy name on earth, a name which as much
outshines all others, as the sun outshines the moon, stars, ..."
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