dislimn

American  

[dis-lim] / dɪsˈlɪm /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

1. to cause to become dim or indistinct.

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dislimn British  

/ dɪsˈlɪm /

verb

1. poetic (tr) to efface

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Etymology

Origin of dislimn

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

Example Sentences

But in the darkness dim Those lineaments did waver and dislimn Like clouds at the sun's waking.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 by Various

The sticks break, the stones crumble, The eternal altars tilt and tumble, Sanctions and tales dislimn like mist About the amazed evangelist.

From Fables by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Features of this latter sort "dislimn" and yield, as the writing on palimpsests, to the regal majesty of the divine countenance, which none can look upon and smile.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

The plump man's features seemed to dislimn, and form again, as I looked at them.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John

Into fingers and tresses the running waters dislimn, and then, that great obstacle passed, their hundred rillets run together again and go on their way with music.

From A West Country Pilgrimage by Phillpots, Eden