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fordim

fordim verb: to dim; darken; obscure.

Verb

fordim (third-person singular simple present fordims, present participle fordimming, simple past and past participle fordimmed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To dim; darken; obscure.

Forms of fordim

third-person singular presentfordims
present participlefordimming
past participlefordimmed
pastfordimmed

Origin of fordim

From Middle English fordimmen, from Old English fordimmian (“to obscure, darken”), equivalent to for- + dim.

Questions about fordim

What does fordim mean?
Fordim means to dim; darken; obscure.
What part of speech is fordim?
Fordim is a verb.
What is the past tense of fordim?
The past tense of fordim is fordimmed.

Words near fordim in the dictionary

  1. Fordian
  2. Fordicidia
  3. fordid
  4. Fordie
  5. Fordies
  6. fordim
  7. fordimmed
  8. fordimming
  9. fordims
  10. fording
  11. Fordingbridge

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