Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eclipsed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eclipse \E*clipse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eclipsed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Eclipsing}.]
1. To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of
a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
2. To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster,
honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the
shade by surpassing. ``His eclipsed state.'' --Dryden.
My joy of liberty is half eclipsed. --Shak.
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