bedimv.

/bɪˈdɪm/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s bedym, bedymn.

Etymology: < be- prefix + dim v.

a. transitive. To make dim, cover with dimness, becloud.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > make dim [verb (transitive)]

fordima1050

dima1300

indim?1520

pall1539

bedim1582

efisc1656

appale1686

defalcate1808

bedull1836

scumble1905

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 60 Soomtyme owt it balcketh from bulck clowds grimlye bedymmed.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 41 I haue bedymn'd The Noone-tide Sun.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 75 The surface [is] soon bedimmed on exposure to the atmosphere.

b. esp. the eyesight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > dim

dima1300

blemish1440

troublea1500

misten1599

perstringe1603

blear1605

tara1612

disgregatea1631

purblind1644

obfuscate1656

blast1757

blur1791

bedim1811

1811 Ld. Byron Curse Minerva 86 Celestial tears bedimm'd her large blue eye.

1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 24 A tearful cloud My woeful sight bedims.

c. figurative the mind, mental vision, memory, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (transitive)] > impair memory

obnebulatec1540

bedim1816

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > render obscure [verb (transitive)]

cloud1548

denigrate1583

befog1601

brangle1608

diffuse1608

bedim1816

obfusticate1834

fuzz1907

1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta ii. i, in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Niv Those raging stormes of wrath, That so bedimme the eyes of thine intente.]

1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iv. 179 Nor can the shadow of this passing world Bedim thy holy spirit.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 93 The detestable maxims..of the late French despotism had already bedimmed the public recollections of democratic phrensy.

1849 J. C. Hare Serm. Preacht Herstmonceux Church II. 169 Fear so troubles and bedims and confounds the mind.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bedim
释义	bedimv. /bɪˈdɪm/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s bedym, bedymn. Etymology: < be- prefix + dim v. a. transitive. To make dim, cover with dimness, becloud. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > make dim [verb (transitive)] fordima1050 dima1300 indim?1520 pall1539 bedim1582 efisc1656 appale1686 defalcate1808 bedull1836 scumble1905 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 60 Soomtyme owt it balcketh from bulck clowds grimlye bedymmed. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 41 I haue bedymn'd The Noone-tide Sun. View more context for this quotation 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 75 The surface [is] soon bedimmed on exposure to the atmosphere. b. esp. the eyesight. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > dim dima1300 blemish1440 troublea1500 misten1599 perstringe1603 blear1605 tara1612 disgregatea1631 purblind1644 obfuscate1656 blast1757 blur1791 bedim1811 1811 Ld. Byron Curse Minerva 86 Celestial tears bedimm'd her large blue eye. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 24 A tearful cloud My woeful sight bedims. c. figurative the mind, mental vision, memory, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (transitive)] > impair memory obnebulatec1540 bedim1816 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > render obscure [verb (transitive)] cloud1548 denigrate1583 befog1601 brangle1608 diffuse1608 bedim1816 obfusticate1834 fuzz1907 1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta ii. i, in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Niv Those raging stormes of wrath, That so bedimme the eyes of thine intente.] 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iv. 179 Nor can the shadow of this passing world Bedim thy holy spirit. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 93 The detestable maxims..of the late French despotism had already bedimmed the public recollections of democratic phrensy. 1849 J. C. Hare Serm. Preacht Herstmonceux Church II. 169 Fear so troubles and bedims and confounds the mind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1582
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