begloom

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

be- +‎ gloom

Verb[edit]

begloom (third-person singular simple present beglooms, present participle beglooming, simple past and past participle begloomed)

  1. (transitive, rare) To make gloomy; darken.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To sadden.
    • 1864, John Rorke, Fancies on the photograph, a poem:
      No cold can chill them, and no fire consume
      No light can daze, no darkness can begloom
      Nor blank vacuity 'twixt orb and orb

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