Befilm
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To cover with a film. archaic, poetic, rare
"As the rod furnishes the only royal road to learning, so the world's neglect offers the man who has not patience and courage for the beaten track, a short-cut to common sense; happy if egotism have not so befilmed his mental sight, that the iron finger points in vain the upward path!"
Example
More examples"As the rod furnishes the only royal road to learning, so the world's neglect offers the man who has not patience and courage for the beaten track, a short-cut to common sense; happy if egotism have not so befilmed his mental sight, that the iron finger points in vain the upward path!"
Etymology
From be- + film.
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