dislimn

[dis-lim]

verb (used with object) Archaic.

to cause to become dim or indistinct.

Origin of dislimn

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

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Examples from the Web for dislimn

Historical Examples

And with that the landscape framed in the doorway began to waver and dislimn.
The Path of the King
John Buchan
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

British Dictionary definitions for dislimn

dislimn

verb

(tr) poetic to efface

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Examples from the Web for dislimn

Historical Examples

And with that the landscape framed in the doorway began to waver and dislimn.

Faces begin soon (in Shakspeare's fine expression) to "dislimn:" features fluctuate: combinations of feature unsettle.

Those are happy who can take it otherwise; with that I found things all beginning to dislimn.

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