dislimn

[ dis-lim ]

/ dɪsˈlɪm /

verb (used with object) Archaic.

to cause to become dim or indistinct.

Nearby words

diskitis, disko, diskogram, diskography, dislike, dislimn, dislocate, dislocation, dislocation fracture, dislodge, disloyal

Origin of dislimn

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

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Examples from the Web for dislimn

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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