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Dim

Dim (dim)
a.	(?)
Dim
[Compar. Dimmer (?); superl. Dimmest (?).] [AS. dim; akin to OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of uncertain origin.]

Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

The dim magnificence of poetry. Whewell.

How is the gold become dim! Lam. iv. 1.

I never saw
The heavens so dim by day. Shak.

Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. Wordsworth.

Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. Job xvii. 7.

The understanding is dim. Rogers.

* Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc.

Syn. -- Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished.

Dim

Dim (dim)
v. t.
Dim

To render dim, obscure, or dark] to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.

A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants. Dryden.

Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways. Cowper.

To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears. C. Pitt.

Dim

Dim (dim)
v. i.
Dim

To grow dim.

J. C. Shairp.

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