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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shade \Shade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shading}.]
1. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to
keep off illumination from. --Milton.
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I went to crop the sylvan scenes,
And shade our altars with their leafy greens.
--Dryden.
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2. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen;
to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
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Ere in our own house I do shade my head. --Shak.
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3. To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
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Thou shad'st
The full blaze of thy beams. --Milton.
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4. To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
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5. To mark with gradations of light or color.
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6. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to
represent. [Obs.]
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[The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade
That part of Justice which is Equity. --Spenser.
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