beshine

== English == === 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”). === Verb === beshine (third-person singular simple present beshines, present participle beshining, simple past and past participle beshone) (transitive, obsolete) To shine around or upon. (transitive, dialectal) To give light to.