bescreenv.
/bɪˈskriːn/ transitive. To hide from sight, to screen; to cover with shade, overshadow, darken.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > intercept or cut off (light) [verb (transitive)] > from something
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bescreen1597
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 94 What man art thou, that thus beskrind [1599 beschreend, 1623 bescreen'd] in night, Doest stumble on my counsaile. View more context for this quotation
1657 R. Tomlinson To Rdr. in R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Dispensatory sig. bv Ignorance beskreens the soul.
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Eclogues vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 48 Which you bescreens With broken shade.
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