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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. [bd]His eclipsed state.[b8] --Dryden. My joy of liberty is half eclipsed. --Shak. | |
