to make (oneself) inconspicuous or humble through modesty, cowardice, or obsequiousness
3.
to rub out (a line, drawing, etc); erase
dislimn in American English
(dɪsˈlɪm)
transitive verb
archaic
to cause to become dim or indistinct
Word origin
[1600–10; dis-1 + limn]This word is first recorded in the period 1600–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adaptation, cadet, dolly, operate, quarantine