Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To shine about or upon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To shine upon; to illumine.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, obsolete To shine around or upon.
  • verb transitive, dialectal To give light to.

Etymologies

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From Middle English beshinen, beschinen, from Old English bescīnan ("to shine upon, light up, illuminate"), from Proto-Germanic *biskīnanan (“to shine upon”), equivalent to be- +‎ shine. Cognate with Dutch beschijnen ("to shine upon"), German bescheinen ("to shine upon"), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (biskeinan, "to shine upon").

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