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bedimming

bedimming is the present participle and gerund of bedim.

Meaning of bedim

Verb

bedim (third-person singular simple present bedims, present participle bedimming, simple past and past participle bedimmed)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) dim; to darken, to obscure.
    • I haue bedymn'd / The Noone tide Sun, call'd forth the mutenous vvindes, / And tvvixt the greene Sea, and the azur'd vault / Set roaring vvarre: […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

Questions about bedimming

What is bedimming the present participle and gerund of?
Bedimming is the present participle and gerund of bedim.

Words near bedimming in the dictionary

  1. bedikath hametz
  2. Bedikian
  3. Bedikians
  4. bedim
  5. bedimmed
  6. bedimming
  7. bedimple
  8. bedimpled
  9. bedimples
  10. bedimpling
  11. bedims

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