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121overshadow — [v] make obscure, dim, vague adumbrate, becloud, bedim, cloud, command, darken, dim, dominate, dwarf, eclipse, excel, govern, haze, leave in the shade*, obfuscate, outshine, outweigh, overcast, overcloud, overweigh, preponderate, rise above*,… …
122shadow — [n1] darkness adumbration, cover, dark, dimness, dusk, gloom, obscuration, obscurity, penumbra, protection, shade, shelter, umbra, umbrage; concepts 620,622 Ant. brightness, light shadow [n2] hint, suggestion breath, intimation, memento, relic,… …
123be- — [bē, bi, bə] [ME bi , be < OE (akin to Goth bi , Ger be ), at, near < Gmc base of BY] prefix 1. forming verbs a) around [besprinkle, beset] b) completely, thoroughly, excessively: used as an intensifier [bedeck, besmear] c) away: used as a… …
124benight — verb 1. overtake with darkness or night • Hypernyms: ↑overwhelm, ↑overpower, ↑sweep over, ↑whelm, ↑overcome, ↑overtake • Verb Frames: Something s somebody …
125bedimming — bedimmˈing noun and adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑bedim …
126be|cloud — «bih KLOWD», transitive verb. 1. to hide by a cloud or clouds: »a room beclouded with steam. SYNONYM(S): cloud, overshadow. 2. to make obscure; darken; hide: »These fine words…becloud unpleasant facts (George Eliot). SYNONYM( …
