bedim
verb
1 bedim
Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight.
synonym: benight.
2 bedim
Make obscure or unclear.
synonyms: obscure, overcloud.
Roget 421:
be dark
etc.
adj..
darken,
obscure,
shade;
dim;
tone down,
lower;
overcast,
overshadow;
eclipse;
obfuscate,
offuscate†;
obumbrate†,
adumbrate;
cast into the shade becloud,
bedim†,
bedarken†;
cast a shade,
throw a shade,
spread a shade,
cast a shadow,
cast a gloom,
throw a shadow,
spread a shadow,
cast gloom,
throw gloom,
spread gloom.
extinguish;
put out,
blow out,
snuff out;
doubt.
turn out the lights,
douse the lights,
dim the lights,
turn off the lights,
switch off the lights.
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Roget 422:
be dim,
grow dim
etc.
adj.;
flicker,
twinkle,
glimmer;
loom,
lower;
fade;
pale,
pale its ineffectual fire
[Hamlet].
render dim
etc.
adj.;
dim,
bedim†,
obscure;
darken,
tone down.
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