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dislimn

[ dis-lim ]

verb (used with object)

Archaic.
  1. to cause to become dim or indistinct.


dislimn

/ »åɪ²õˈ±ôɪ³¾ /

verb

  1. poetic.
    tr to efface
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dislimn1

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

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

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But at last the visible world, the wall before him, commenced to dislimn; it shifted; it became mist, writhing and tinged with faint colors, that submerged his will and his consciousness, till they sank, gathering impetus, into a void below—the vacancy of the spirit that looses its hold on the body and is rudderless.

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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.

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

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