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Definition of Outshone
1. outshine [v] - See also: outshine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outshone
Literary usage of Outshone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"His youth was studious, and not till the twelfth century that the fire ! he became
well versed in literature and in the kindled by Columba was outshone and ..."
2. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"... as man, under the divine influence,3 is to be attributed the fact that he
outshone in wisdom all other messengers of God that preceded him. ..."
3. Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and by Abraham Hayward (1873)
"... till they were gradually replaced, not outshone, by a younger, not fairer or
more fascinating race. It was about the period of the imperial and royal ..."
4. The Earthly Paradise: A Poem by William Morris (1871)
"... some words he said If the storm heard, then fell, and as one dead Lay long,
not moving, noting not how soon Above the dripping boughs outshone the moon. ..."
5. Works by William Robertson (1825)
"But Elizabeth was prudent enough not to admit into her kingdom a rival who outshone
herself so far in beauty and gracefulness of person; and who excelled so ..."
6. Reasons for Not Taking the Test: For Not Conforming to the Established by John Talbot Shrewsbury (1828)
"... than by the adventitious circumstance of hereditary descent,—whose patriotism
is only outshone by the noble sacrifice which he offers to the dictates of ..."
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