bedim
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The darkening cinematic mood that has engulfed even 007 won't be allowed to bedim the Dolby Theatre.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2013
Ash and dust bedim the sky, blocking the sun's light.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
It is sometimes intensive, as in bestir, and converts an adjective into a verb, as in bedim.
From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by Swinton, William
I believe; but gloomy fears Sometimes bedim my sight; I look to Thee with prayers and tears, And cry for strength and light.
From Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion by Various
No less'ning ray Will e'er bedim thy natal morn, Or usher in the unhallowed day When we forget that thou wert born!
From The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems by Doneghy, George W.
She even transmitted a soupçon of the old glow to the bedimmed office of the presidency in the television series “24.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2010
What is so sad as a Kim bedimmed?
From Time Magazine Archive
Then tears bedimmed those gentle eyes, As transport took them and surprise, And as they listened every one Cried in delight, Well done!
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Bel called upon his messenger, whom he sent to Ea in the ocean depths, saying: "My son Sin ... hath been grievously bedimmed".
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
I am emerging, but it is slow, and I feel much ravaged and bedimmed.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry
Percival was suddenly conscious of a mist bedimming his eyes.
From West Wind Drift by McCutcheon, George Barr
It is precisely those superstitions which hang about your mind like bedimming clouds, my Romola, that make one great reason why I could wish we were two hundred leagues from Florence.
From Romola by Eliot, George
Mrs. Fairfax placed her hands upon their heads, tears bedimming her own eyes, and blessed them, and then kissed her daughter as she was about to leave the room.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)
As cloth after cloth is removed, the light seems to grow brighter and stronger, and yet it has changed not, the change being in the removal of the confining and bedimming coverings.
From A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga by Atkinson, William Walker
There is not about Old Age one blessing more deserving gratitude to Heaven, than the gradual bedimming of memory brought on by years.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
