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Shad"ow (shăd"&ouptack_;), n. [Originally the same word as shade. √162. See Shade.] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
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2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.
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Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. Denham.
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3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
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In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. Spenser.
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4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. Shak.
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5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
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Sin and her shadow Death. Milton.
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6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. “Hence, horrible shadow!” Shak.
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7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
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The law having a shadow of good things to come. Heb. x. 1.
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[Types] and shadows of that destined seed. Milton.
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8. A small degree; a shade. “No variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James i. 17.
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9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [A Latinism] Nares.
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I must not have my board pastered with shadows
That under other men's protection break in
Without invitement. Massinger.
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Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. Ps. xxiii. 4.
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Shad"ow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shadowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shadowing.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See adow, n.] 1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
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The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground. Spenser.
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2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. [R.]
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Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
The numbers of our host. Shak.
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3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
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Shadowing their right under your wings of war. Shak.
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4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
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5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
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Augustus is shadowed in the person of Æneas. Dryden.
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6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
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The shadowed livery of the burnished sun. Shak.
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Why sad?
I must not see the face O love thus shadowed. Beau. & Fl.
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7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
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