bedim

Example Sentences

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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

In other words, astral and physical darkness bedim the soul's spiritual sight, and, leaving the realms of innocence and bliss, they sink into the vortex of the great astral world.

From The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 by Burgoyne, Thomas H.

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

What though a few clouds bedim and deform "the innocent brightness of the new-born day?"

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde