Dim — Defs

01 a. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

1.
Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
“The dim magnificence of poetry.” — Whewell.

“How is the gold become dim!” — Lam. iv. 1.

“I never saw The heavens so dim by day.” — Shak.

“Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.” — Wordsworth.
2.
Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
“Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow.” — Job xvii. 7.

“The understanding is dim.” — Rogers.

Syn. Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished.

02 v. t. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.

imp. & p. p. Dimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dimming

1.
To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.
“A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants.” — Dryden.

“Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways.” — Cowper.
2.
To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
“Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears.” — C. Pitt.

03 v. i. To grow dim.

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To grow dim.