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

Etymology

Origin of bedim

First recorded in 1560–70; be- + dim

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

And there are toys for the girls and boys; And eyes that years bedim Grow strangely bright, with a youthful light, As they pluck from the pendant limb.

From Christmas Entertainments by Kellogg, Alice Maude

Often, when all was dry, the heavens cloudless, and I was parched by thirst, a slight cloud would bedim the sky, shed the few drops that revived me, and vanish.

From Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

From all his wild compassions flown; Tears, strange till then, his eyes bedim; He wanders all alone.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich

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

Here is another illustration: Those lovely eyes bedimmed, Those lovely eyes be dammed.

From Cupology How to Be Entertaining by Clara

Canst thou ever forgive me the folly,    Of failing to capture the prize, Of thy maiden heart, trustful and loving,    That shone thro' thy tear bedimmed eyes.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John

She would probably be seen wandering at late night, with bedimmed stars and bedraggled gauze, until some vigorous officer should lead her to the station-house for vagrancy.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 by Various

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 Wilson, John Lyde

It seemed as if never so thin a gauze had been drawn over the face of the sun, just faintly bedimming, without obscuring it.

From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Harland, Henry

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

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile

As cloth after cloth is removed, the light seems to grow brighter and stronger, and yet it has changed not, the change being in the removal of the confining and bedimming coverings.

From A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga by Atkinson, William Walker

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 Eliot, George