bedim

Then her face flushed, and a warm cloud seemed to bedim her eyes.
Wild Youth, Volume Complete|Gilbert Parker
A little joy on earth, they think, will not bedim the lustre 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-Analysis|William Swinton
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

No men have done more to bedim the reputation of Washington, than Jefferson and Randolph.
Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2)|A Sexton of the Old School

British Dictionary definitions for bedim

bedim

/ (bɪˈdɪm) /

verb -dims, -dimming or -dimmed

(tr) to make dim or obscure

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Word Origin and History for bedim

bedim

1560s, from be- + dim (adj.). Related: Bedimmed; bedimming.

bedim

verb (used with object), be·dimmed, be·dim·ming.

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British Dictionary definitions for bedim

bedim

verb -dims, -dimming or -dimmed

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