verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make dim; to obscure or darken. transitive

   "[…] by whose aid, / Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm’d / The noontide sun […]"

2. 2
   make unintelligible or unclear wordnet
3. 3
   make darker and difficult to perceive by sight wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

adumbratebecloudbefogbenightblack outblacken

Example

More examples

"[…] by whose aid, / Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm’d / The noontide sun […]"

Etymology

From be- + dim.

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