overshine
Americanverb (used with object)
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to outshine.
One star seemed to overshine all others.
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to surpass in splendor, excellence, etc..
Her singing overshone that of the opera company's more widely known contraltos.
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to shine over or upon.
Etymology
Origin of overshine
before 1000; Middle English overshinen; Old English oferscīnan. See over-, shine 1
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Letting the scandal overshine the players, when we had nothing to do with it, is just something that I don’t think we should be remembered by.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2012
Balzac was to put out his lesser light, as indeed the refulgence of his genius was to overshine all French fiction, before and since.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard
What they had probably joined their oppressors in worshipping as an idol, they now beheld with awe and reverence as the token of the overshadowing and overshining presence of the living and true God.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
Facing the south, we see a brilliant array of stars, Sirius unmistakeably overshining the rest.
From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)
I would rather have a smaller sphere where my light may not suffer by comparison than be overshone by him.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander
And from it all, this knowledge have I got, - The whole that others have, is less than they have not; All which makes other women noted fair, Unnoted would remain and overshone in her.
From Poems by Thompson, Francis
Uplifts them to a perfect peace, A rest beyond all earthly ease, 'Neath the white shadow of the throne— Low nest forever overshone By tenderest love, our Lord's dear will; Oh, heart, be still—be still!
From Poems by Holley, Marietta
The charm of her beauty overshone these things.
From The Late Miss Hollingford by Mulholland, Rosa
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