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.
SHINE
Shine, v. t.
1. To cause to shine, as a light. [Obs.] He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. Bacon.
2. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them. [U. S.] Bartlett.
SHINE
Shine, n.
1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss;
polish; sheen.
Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. Milton.
Fair opening to some court's propitious shine. Pope.
The distant shine of the celestial city. Hawthorne.
2. Sunshine; fair weather. Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. Dryden.
3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]
4. Caper; antic; row. [Slang] To cut up shines, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]
SHINE
Shine, a. Etym: [AS. scin. See Shine, v. i.]