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begloom

verb

Etymology

From be- + gloom.

  1. derived from *ǵʰley-✻ — “to gleam, shimmer, glow”
  2. inherited from *glōmaz✻ — “gleam, shimmer, sheen”
  3. inherited from *glōm✻
  4. inherited from glōm — “gloaming, twilight, darkness”
  5. inherited from *gloom✻
  6. prefixed as begloom — “be + gloom”

Definitions

  1. To make gloomy

    To make gloomy; darken.

  2. To sadden.

    • No cold can chill them, and no fire consume No light can daze, no darkness can begloom Nor blank vacuity 'twixt orb and orb

The neighborhood

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