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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
shine
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Examples
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Eunuch Masrur to the town and walked about the streets and markets and, as they were threading a narrow alley, they came upon a very old man with a fishing-net and crate to carry small fish on his head, and in his hand a staff; and, as he walked at a leisurely pace, he repeated these lines: — They say me: — Thou shinest a light to mankind
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They say me, “Thou shinest a light to mankind,” i.
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Thou lovest to make thy friends the objects of ridicule to ladies; and imaginest, from the vanity, (and, in this respect, I will say littleness,) of thine own heart, that thou shinest the brighter for the foil.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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And as she thought to herself, “In this no man can help thee,” she climbed up to the sun, and said to him, “Thou shinest into every crevice, and over every peak, hast thou not seen a white dove flying?”
Household Tales 2003
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Then she thanked the sun, and went on until evening came and the moon appeared; she then asked her, “Thou shinest the whole night through, and on every field and forest, hast thou not seen a white dove flying?”
Household Tales 2003
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What would be thy happiness if thou hadst not those for whom thou shinest!
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Thou alone shinest into the secret recesses of our thighs and dost singe the hair that groweth there, and with thy flame dost light the actions of our loves.
The Ecclesiazusae 2000
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But now that my groaning is witness to the fact that I am dissatisfied with myself, thou shinest forth and satisfiest.
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955
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Thou shinest now, O monarch, even as those two best of kings, viz.,
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Thou shinest in glory, and thou art the lord of all the shining ones.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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