overshine

[ oh-ver-shahyn ]

verb (used with object)

, o·ver·shone or o·ver·shined, o·ver·shin·ing.

1. to outshine:

   One star seemed to overshine all others.

2. to surpass in splendor, excellence, etc.:

   Her singing overshone that of the opera company's more widely known contraltos.

3. to shine over or upon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overshine¹

before 1000; Middle English overshinen; Old English oferscīnan. See over-, shine ¹

Example Sentences

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

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 Project Gutenberg

And therefore, lovely Tamora, Queen of Goths,     That, like the stately Phoebe 'mongst her nymphs,     Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Rome,     If thou be pleas'd with this my sudden choice,     Behold, I choose thee, Tamora, for my bride     And will create thee Empress of Rome.

From Project Gutenberg

And therefore, lovely Tamora, Queen of Goths,— That, like the stately Phoebe 'mongst her nymphs, Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Rome,— If thou be pleas'd with this my sudden choice, Behold, I choose thee, Tamora, for my bride And will create thee empress of Rome.

From Project Gutenberg

I think it cites us, brother, to the field, That we, the sons of brave Plantagenet, Each one already blazing by our meeds, Should, notwithstanding, join our lights together, And overshine the earth, as this the world.

From Project Gutenberg