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осениться vstresses
gen. overshadow
fig. dawn upon; shield; strike
Gruzovik, obs. cross oneself (pf of осеняться)
obs. make the sign of the cross (over)
осенить v
gen. shade; invest; bless; make; flash on; embower; flash; smite; break upon (кого-либо); enter mind; have an inspiration (She had an inspiration. – Ее осенило. VseZnaika); strike (of a thought); it clicked (Ant493); stumble on (мысль, идея; a great idea Rinagrin); have a brainwave (вариант требует замены безличной конструкции на личную: I couldn't see how I could get home from the station – then I had a brainwave. 4uzhoj); dawn
Gruzovik overshadow (pf of осенять)
fig. dawn on (Having travelled to UBC for a month with other bus riders squeezed in like sardines in a can, it dawned on me that I needed a car. – Меня осенило: ... ART Vancouver); dawn upon
Gruzovik, obs. make the sign of the cross over (pf of осенять)
idiom. come in a flash (The thing's perfectly clear. It came to me in a flash, as we were talking. – Меня осенило ART Vancouver); cross mind (Yeldar Azanbayev)
Makarov. come into one's mind; cross one's mind; enter one's mind
obs. make the sign of the cross (over)
poetic shadow
осенило v
gen. then the light came on (VLZ_58)
fig. dawned on (Irasha95)
осенённый prtc.
lit. in the shadow of ("большой каменный дом, выстроенный по-старинному и осененный высокими липами" (А.К. Толстой) ART Vancouver)
осениться: 59 phrases in 9 subjects
American usage, not spelling2
Christianity2
Clerical1
Cliche / convention1
General31
Idiomatic1
Makarov15
Religion5
Uncommon / rare1