begloomv.
/bɪˈɡluːm/ To render gloomy, to overshadow with gloom.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > make dark or gloomy [verb (transitive)]
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begloom1801
1801 J. Corry Satir. View London 199 Sometimes..melancholy begloomed his mind.
1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 46 The refectory..begloomed by dark-coloured painted windows.
1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid x, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 364 Sirius..doth arise, And with disastrous light beglooms the sky.
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begloom
begloom v. /biˈɡlum/
Brit. /bᵻˈɡluːm/
, /bᵻˈɡluːm/U.S. /bəˈɡlum/
, /bəˈɡlum//biˈɡlum/Π
1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 46 A square..begloomed by dark-coloured painted windows.
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