dislimn

[ dis-lim ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

1. to cause to become dim or indistinct.

dislimn

/ dɪsˈlɪm /

verb

1. poetic.
   tr to efface

Word History and Origins

Origin of dislimn¹

First recorded in 1600–10; dis- ¹ + limn

Example Sentences

Faces begin soon (in Shakspeare's fine expression) to "dislimn:" features fluctuate: combinations of feature unsettle.

From Project Gutenberg

Those are happy who can take it otherwise; with that I found things all beginning to dislimn.

From Project Gutenberg

And with that the landscape framed in the doorway began to waver and dislimn.

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