eclipse

  • 21Eclipse — E*clipse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eclipsed} ([ e]*kl[i^]pst ); 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To obscure, darken, or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22Eclipse — Eclipse, Inselgruppe, an der SWKüste von Neuholland …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 23eclipse — index blind (obscure), cloak, conceal, ensconce, enshroud, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure …

    Law dictionary

  • 24eclipse — ‘Ocultación total o parcial de un astro por interposición de otro cuerpo celeste’: «Seres temibles bajaban a la Tierra durante los eclipses solares» (Ruz Mayas [Méx. 1981]). Es masculino y no debe confundirse con los femeninos elipse (‘figura… …

    Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • 25eclipse — s. m. 1. Desaparecimento parcial ou total de um astro por interposição de outro. 2.  [Figurado] Obscurecimento moral ou intelectual; desaparecimento …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 26eclipse — vb *obscure, dim, bedim, darken, cloud, becloud, fog, befog, obfuscate Analogous words: *hide, conceal, screen: cloak, mask, camouflage (see DISGUISE) Contrasted words: expose, exhibit, *show, display: emerge, *appear, loom …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 27eclipsé — Eclipsé, [eclips]ée. part. Il a les significations de son verbe …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 28eclipse — ► NOUN 1) an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination. 2) a sudden loss of significance, power, or prominence. ► VERB 1) (of a celestial… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 29eclipse — eclipser, n. /i klips /, n., v., eclipsed, eclipsing. n. 1. Astron. a. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention …

    Universalium

  • 30Eclipse — An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. The term is derived from the ancient Greek noun gr. ἔκλειψις ( gr. ékleipsis ), from verb gr. ἐκλείπω ( gr. ekleípō ), I cease to exist, a …

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