intershine

verb

intershine

verb

Etymology From inter- + shine.

1

Rare To shine among or between.

  • 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.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
  • Hearken ! hearken to my story; / Each one bears a separate glory, / And all splendors intershine, / Making all our race divine.1855, Thomas Lake Harris, An Epic of the Starry Heaven:
1 more example
  • 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).1964, Gin-djih Su, Chinese Architecture, Past and Contemporary:

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