Eclipse

e-klips', n. {Astron.) An interception light of the sun or moon, by intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. Temporary or partial lo of brilliancy, luster, honor, etc. — v. t. Teclipsed Eclipses. (-klipsf). -SING.] To darken E, earth or hide (a heavenly body); moon, to obscure, or extinguish the beauty, luster, etc., of; to throw into the shade. — v. i. To eclipse, become eclipsed. — Ecliplic, n. {Astron.) imaginary great circle of the sphere, — the path of the sun, or real path of the earth, from the sun. {Geog.) A great circle on the answering to the celestial ecliptic. — a. Pert, described by, the ecliptic; pert, to an eclipse.