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- 1. cause to become dim: literary "a slight cloud would bedim the sky"
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1. : to make less bright. 2. : to make indistinct : obscure. Synonyms. becloud. befog. blacken. blear. blur. cloud. darken. dim. dislimn. fog. fuzz (up) haze. mist. obscure. overcast. overcloud. overshadow. shadow. shroud. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Bedim definition: to make dim; darken; obscure.. See examples of BEDIM used in a sentence.
verb. make darker and difficult to perceive by sight. synonyms: benight. see more. verb. make obscure or unclear. synonyms: obscure, overcloud. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Bedim." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/bedim. Accessed 10 Jul. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles
to make (the eyes or the vision) dim; darken or obscure. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word Frequency. bedim in American English. (bɪˈdɪm) transitive verb Word forms: -dimmed, -dimming. to make dim; darken; obscure. SYNONYMS becloud, overcast, shroud; muddle.
Define bedim. bedim synonyms, bedim pronunciation, bedim translation, English dictionary definition of bedim. tr.v. be·dimmed , be·dim·ming , be·dims To make dim. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
bedim (third-person singular simple present bedims, present participle bedimming, simple past and past participle bedimmed) To make dim; to obscure or darken.
The earliest known use of the verb bedim is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for bedim is from 1582, in a translation by Richard Stanyhurst, literary scholar and translator. bedim is formed within English, by derivation.
To make (the eyes or the vision) dim; darken or obscure. Webster's New World. To make dim; to obscure or darken. Wiktionary. Synonyms: overcloud. obscure. benight. fade. darken. adumbrate. overcast. mist. gloom. fog. cloud. blur. becloud. befog. obfuscate. Origin of Bedim. From be- + dim. From Wiktionary. Bedim Is Also Mentioned In.
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verb make obscure or unclear. verb make darker and difficult to perceive by sight. Etymologies. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. From be- + dim. Support. Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bedim .