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eclipsing |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Eclipse \E*clipse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eclipsed}; p. pr & vb n. {Eclipsing}.] 1. To cause the obscuration of to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as the moon eclipses the sun. 2. To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing. ``His eclipsed state.'' --Dryden. My joy of liberty is half eclipsed. --Shak.
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