Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shine \Shine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} (? or ?; 277)
   (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen,
   schinen, AS. sc[=i]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries.
   sk[=i]na, OS. & OHG. sc[=i]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[=i]na,
   Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. ???
   shadow. [root]157. Cf. {Sheer} pure, and {Shimmer}.]
   1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady
      radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun
      shines by day; the moon shines by night.

            Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. --Shak.

            God, who commanded the light to shine out of
            darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the
            light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
            face of Jesus Cghrist.                --2 Cor. iv.
                                                  6.

            Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster.
                                                  --Denham.

   2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be
      glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.

   3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. ``So proud she
      shined in her princely state.'' --Spenser.

            Once brightest shined this child of heat and air.
                                                  --Pope.

   4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit
      brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to
      shine in conversation.

            Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in
            most men's power to be agreeable.     --Swift.

   {To make}, or {cause}, {the face to shine upon}, to be
      propitious to; to be gracious to. --Num. vi. 25.