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ECLIPSE
eclipse, occultation
(noun) one celestial body obscures another
eclipse, occult
(verb) cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; “The Sun eclipses the moon today”; “Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies”
overshadow, dominate, eclipse
(verb) be greater in significance than; “the tragedy overshadowed the couple’s happiness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eclipse (countable and uncountable, plural eclipses)
(astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
(ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
Obscurity, decline, downfall
Verb
eclipse (third-person singular simple present eclipses, present participle eclipsing, simple past and past participle eclipsed)
(transitive) Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
(transitive, figurative) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
(Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
Source: Wiktionary
E*clipse", n. Etym: [F. Ă©clipse, L. eclipsis, fr. Gr. Ex-, and Loan.]
1. (Astron.)
Definition: An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
Note: In ancient times, eclipses were, and among unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of which occasional use is made in literature. That fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark. Milton.
2. The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness. All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life. Sir W. Raleigh. As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips. Shelley. Annular eclipse. (Astron.) See under Annular.
– Cycle of eclipses. See under Cycle.
E*clipse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eclipsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Eclipsing.]
1. To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
2. To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing. "His eclipsed state." Dryden. My joy of liberty is half eclipsed. Shak.
E*clipse", v. i.
Definition: To suffer an eclipse. While the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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