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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

beshine en · VERB

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”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To shine around or upon.
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To give light to.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beshining Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beshone Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beshone Tense=Past lexicographic
beshines Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic