bedim

American  

[bih-dim] / bɪˈdɪm /

verb (used with object)

bedimmed, bedimming

1. to make dim; darken; obscure.

   Synonyms:

   muddle, shroud, overcast, becloud

   Antonyms:

   brighten, illumine

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bedim British  

/ bɪˈdɪm /

verb

1. (tr) to make dim or obscure

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Other Word Forms

• unbedimmed
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of bedim

First recorded in 1560–70; be- + dim

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bedim bedimmed bedimming

The darkening cinematic mood that has engulfed even 007 won't be allowed to bedim the Dolby Theatre.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2013

Ash and dust bedim the sky, blocking the sun's light.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

While hot tears bedim the vision   Of dear friends who mourn his death, May they manifest decision   By the wondrous power of Faith, In belief that those who sleep Safe in Jesus shall not weep.

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Thomas Cowherd

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

From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by William Swinton

Here is his sure title to nobility—a title that neither time nor eternity can ever tarnish or bedim.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee

She even transmitted a soupçon of the old glow to the bedimmed office of the presidency in the television series “24.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2010

What is so sad as a Kim bedimmed?

From Time Magazine Archive

"Yea, Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee," cried the disciple, his soul aflame with a living passion never more to be extinguished or bedimmed, "Thou knowest that I love Thee."

From The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching by J. Dodd (James Dodd) Jackson

Nor did these solemn eyes, bedimmed into a pathetic beauty, in any degree restrain the glee that sparkled in orbs that had as yet shed not many tears, but tears of joy or pity.

From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Robert Haven Schauffler

Strength for to-day—that the weary hearts In the battle for right may quail not, And the eyes bedimmed with bitter tears In their search for light may fail not.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge

Mrs. Fairfax placed her hands upon their heads, tears bedimming her own eyes, and blessed them, and then kissed her daughter as she was about to leave the room.

From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by William A. (Alexander) Caruthers

It is precisely those superstitions which hang about your mind like bedimming clouds, my Romola, that make one great reason why I could wish we were two hundred leagues from Florence.

From Romola by George Eliot

The daylight from the street then entered in a lurid stream, bedimming the glare of lamps and candles.

From A Love Episode by Émile Zola

There is not about Old Age one blessing more deserving gratitude to Heaven, than the gradual bedimming of memory brought on by years.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson

Percival was suddenly conscious of a mist bedimming his eyes.

From West Wind Drift by George Barr McCutcheon

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