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
Example Sentences
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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
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