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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Looming | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Loom \Loom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looming}.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. le[a2]ma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light. [?] See {Light} not dark.] 1. To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high. Awful she looms, the terror of the main. --H. J. Pye. 2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context. --J. M. Mason. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Looming \Loom"ing\, n. The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See {Mirage}. | |
