bedim

[ bih-dim ]

verb (used with object)

, be·dimmed, be·dim·ming.

1. to make dim; darken; obscure.

   Synonyms: muddle, shroud, overcast, becloud

   Antonyms: brighten, illumine

bedim

/ bɪˈdɪm /

verb

1. tr to make dim or obscure

Other Words From

• unbe·dimmed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedim¹

First recorded in 1560–70; be- + dim

Example Sentences

I owe so much to Mr. Bok that language fails me when I try about his kindnesses to talk, and briny tears bedim my eye.

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A little joy on earth, they think, will not bedim the lustre of a life that is to come—if such there be.

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This is all so simple and so clear, if only we did not with hypocrisy bedim the truth which is revealed to us.

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Then her face flushed, and a warm cloud seemed to bedim her eyes.

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It is sometimes intensive, as in bestir, and converts an adjective into a verb, as in bedim.

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