Bedim
to make dim; darken; obscure.
historical examples
then her face flushed, and a warm cloud seemed to bedim her eyes.
wild youth, volume complete gilbert parker
he cast his eyes on that rider,—but one glance was enough to bedim his eye-sight, if not to scare away his reason.
the three perils of man, vol. 1 (of 3) james hogg
here is his sure t-tle to n-bility—a t-tle that neither time nor eternity can ever tarnish or bedim.
abraham lincoln’s cardinal traits; clark s. beardslee
no men have done more to bedim the reputation of washington, than jefferson and randolph.
dealings with the dead, volume i (of 2) a s-xton of the old school
a little joy on earth, they think, will not bedim the l-stre of a life that is to come—if such there be.
a thoughtless yes helen h. gardener
it is sometimes intensive, as in bestir, and converts an adjective into a verb, as in bedim.
new word–n-lysis william swinton
verb -dims, -dimming, -dimmed
(transitive) to make dim or obscure
v.
1560s, from be- + dim (adj.). related: bedimmed; bedimming.
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