English Explanatory Dictionary

beshine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shine around or upon.
  2. To give light to.

Word forms

beshine beshines beshining beshone

Etymology

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

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