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overshone

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o⋅ver⋅shine

  [oh-ver-shahyn]
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–verb (used with object), -shone or -shined, -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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME overshinen; OE oferscīnan. See over-, shine
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