intershine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From inter- +‎ shine.

Verb[edit]

intershine (third-person singular simple present intershines, present participle intershining, simple past and past participle intershone)

  1. (rare) To shine among or between.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes [], book II, London: [] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount [], →OCLC:
      As a man might say, an overshadowed and darke picture, enter-shining [translating entreluisant] with an infinit varietie of false lights, to exercise our conjectures.
    • 1855, Thomas Lake Harris, An Epic of the Starry Heaven:
      Hearken ! hearken to my story; / Each one bears a separate glory, / And all splendors intershine, / Making all our race divine.
    • 1964, Gin-djih Su, Chinese Architecture, Past and Contemporary:
      This beautiful palatial building, which is a typical Chinese Renaissance style, will certainly enhance the natural beauty of Taiwan and intershine with the art treasures of China (Plate 229).