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To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. The glowpale his uneffectual fire. Shak.

l incandescent telltale lamp on a dynamo or battery circuit to show approximately by its brightness the voltage of the current.

Superior brightness or effulgency. [R.] Barrow.

Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty; rectitude; uprightness. "Probity of mind." Pope.

The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun. Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. Milton. What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare ! Neale.

ially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun. Mark what radiant state she spreads. Milton.

To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [R.]

adiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.

Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.

Shining; brightness, as of the sun. [Obs.] Shak.

The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor. Son! thou in whom my glory I behold In full resplendence, heir of all my might. Milton. The resplendency of his own almighty goodness. Dr. J. Scott.

A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity. Long love to her has borne the faithful knight, And well deserved, had fortune done him right. Dryden.

The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

To obscure; to dim the brightness of. Thou shad'st The full blaze of thy beams. Milton.

Brightness; splendor; glitter. "Throned in celestial sheen." Milton.

th rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha. Rites and ceremonies are held useless without uprightness.

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of…

Brightness. J. Spence.

To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver. And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep. Pope.

Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring. The brightness of their [the flowers'] smile was gone. Bryant.