eclipsingn.
/ɪˈklɪpsɪŋ/ a. The action of causing an eclipse. Also figurative.
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the world > the universe > heavenly body > [noun] > state of being visible > eclipse > action of
eclipsation1471
eclipsinga1542
a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) cclxi. 11 He..geues the Moone her hornes and her eclipsyng.
1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 61 Will not this be..an eclipsing and shadowing of the shinings of grace in a godly soul.
b. The condition of being in an eclipse. Also figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [noun] > state of being eclipsed
eclipsing1430
the world > the universe > heavenly body > [noun] > state of being visible > eclipse > state of being eclipsed
eclipsing1430
eclipsation1584
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. xxv The name of whom shall..ever yliche without eclipsing shine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
eclipsingadj.
1. That is suffering eclipse; that is being eclipsed.
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the world > the universe > heavenly body > [adjective] > eclipse
clipsic1400
eclipsed1633
labouring1638
immersed1668
eclipsing1748
1748 A. Philips Pastorals vi. 114 His Voice had power To free the 'clipsing Moon at Midnight Hour.
1923 Discovery 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. figurative only.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > making or becoming dark
glooming1535
darkeninga1560
murkinga1600
eclipsing1635
benighting1649
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. vii. 149 O why Does thy ecclipsing hand, so long, deny The Sun-shine of thy soule-enliv'ning eye?
1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais liv. 25 That Benediction which the eclipsing Curse Of birth can quench not.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xl. 183 Despondency..had floated in and hovered above him with eclipsing wings.
3. That outshines or surpasses others.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > putting in the shade
eclipsing1660
upstaging1933
1660 R. Boyle Seraphic Love §2 Their greatest Accomplishments..are in that Eclipsing company, as inconspicuous as the faint Qualities of more ordinary persons.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. ii. 25 The name of the eclipsing girl..has not been handed down.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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