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dislimn

/dɪsˈlɪm/

dislimn verb: to remove the outlines of; to efface.

Verb

dislimn (third-person singular simple present dislimns, present participle dislimning, simple past and past participle dislimned)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To remove the outlines of; to efface.
    • That which is now a horse, even with a thought / The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct, / As water is in water.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    • It was the weather when […] the distances dare assume the purple as the sunset dislimns.1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 78

Forms of dislimn

third-person singular presentdislimns
present participledislimning
past participledislimned
pastdislimned

Origin of dislimn

From dis- + limn.

Questions about dislimn

What does dislimn mean?
Dislimn means to remove the outlines of; to efface.
What part of speech is dislimn?
Dislimn is a verb.
How do you pronounce dislimn?
Dislimn is pronounced /dɪsˈlɪm/.
What is the past tense of dislimn?
The past tense of dislimn is dislimned.

Words near dislimn in the dictionary

  1. dislikings
  2. dislimb
  3. dislimbed
  4. dislimbing
  5. dislimbs
  6. dislimn
  7. dislimned
  8. dislimning
  9. dislimns
  10. dislink
  11. dislinked

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