be dim, bedymn ( n silent)

t. [Eng. prefix be, and dim.] To render dim; to obscure. Used 1. Of a body nearly hidden from vision by something only partially transparent. as stars That occupy their places, and, though oft Hidden by clouds, and oft bedimm'd by haze, Are not to be extinguish'd or impair'd" Words worth: Excursion , bk. vi. 2. Of the eye looking at a body. "Celestial tears bedimm'd her large blue eye." Byron: The Curse of Minerva. bě-dim'med, * bě-dỹm'ned ( n silent), pa. par. & a. [BEDIM.] bě-dĩm'-ming, pr. par. & a. [BEDIM.] "Even as a dragon's eye that feels the stre Of a bedimming sleep, Words worth: Miscellaneous Sonnets.