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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • unbe·dimmed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bedim1

First recorded in 1560–70; be- + dim
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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.

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

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

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

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

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