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▪ I. eclipsing, vbl. n.|ɪˈklɪpsɪŋ|
[f. eclipse v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of causing an eclipse.
b. The condition of being in an eclipse. Also fig.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy iii. xxv, The name of whom shall..ever yliche without eclipsing shine. a1541Wyatt Wks. (1861) 49 He..gives the moon her horns their eclipsing. 1650T. Hubbert Pill Formality 61 An eclipsing..of the shinings of grace.
▪ II. eˈclipsing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That is suffering eclipse; that is being eclipsed.
1748A. Philips Pastorals vi. 114 His Voice had power To free the 'clipsing Moon at Midnight Hour. 1923Discovery Sept. 245/2 Mr. F. C. Jordan..announces the discovery of a remarkable eclipsing variable star.
2. That causes eclipse; that darkens, or causes darkness or obscurity. In quots. fig. only.
1635Quarles Embl. iii. vii. (1718) 153 O why Does thy eclipsing hand so long deny The sunshine of thy soul-enliv'ning eye? 1821Shelley Adonais liv, That Benediction which the eclipsing Curse Of birth can quench not. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. III. xl. 183 Despondency..had floated in and hovered above him with eclipsing wings.
3. That outshines or surpasses others.
1660Boyle Seraph. Love §2 Their greatest Accomplishments..are in that Eclipsing company, as inconspicuous as the faint Qualities of more ordinary persons. 1891Hardy Tess I. ii. 25 The name of the eclipsing girl..has not been handed down. |