单词 | inumbrate |
释义 | † inumbratev. Obsolete. transitive. To cast a shadow upon; to shade; to overshadow, put in the shade. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > intercept or cut off (light) [verb (transitive)] > overshadow beshadea1000 overshadowOE beshadowc1320 shadowc1384 obumber?1440 obumbrate1531 overdrip1587 overshade1594 inumbrate1623 umbrate1623 overgloom1796 adumbrate1834 sky1840 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inumbrate, to cast a shadow. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 43 The shores are bordered with charming walks and alleys, inumbrated with interlaced vine branches. 1802 J. Jamieson Use Sacred Hist. I. ii. 441 How much more delightful to be inumbrated by the glory of the Lord. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 251 Her private parts were inumbrated by a thin silken garment. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > casting of a shadow > overshadowing overshadowingc1400 obumbration?1440 inumbration1603 adumbration1658 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1172 The obstruction and inumbration [in an eclipse] beginneth on that side on which that commeth first that maketh the said inumbration. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Inumbration, a casting a shadow upon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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