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单词 inumbrate
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inumbratev.

Etymology: < participial stem of Latin inumbrāre, < in- (in- prefix3) + umbrāre to shade, < umbra shade, shadow.
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.

Derivatives

inumˈbration n. Obsolete overshadowing, shading.
ΘΚΠ
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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