dislimn

[ dis-lim ]

/ dɪsˈlɪm /

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verb (used with object) Archaic.

to cause to become dim or indistinct.

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Origin of dislimn

First recorded in 1600–10; dis-¹ + limn

Words nearby dislimn

disk pack, disk sander, disk syndrome, disk wheel, dislike, dislimn, dislocate, dislocation, dislocation fracture, dislodge, disloyal

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How to use dislimn in a sentence

Faces begin soon (in Shakspeare's fine expression) to "dislimn:" features fluctuate: combinations of feature unsettle.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various
Those are happy who can take it otherwise; with that I found things all beginning to dislimn.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
And with that the landscape framed in the doorway began to waver and dislimn.
The Path of the King|John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for dislimn

dislimn

/ (dɪsˈlɪm) /

verb

(tr) poetic to efface

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