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Definition of Dimmed
1. Adjective. Made dim or less bright. "We like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
Definition of Dimmed
1. Verb. (past of dim) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dimmed
1. dim [v] - See also: dim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimmed
Literary usage of Dimmed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mathematical and Physical Papers by Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Baron John William Strutt Rayleigh (1901)
"... a', b'', c' those of M\ and suppose a, 6, a/, and &' small compared with c,
c, r, and s. Let x, y, z be the co-ordinates of any point P on the dimmed ..."
2. The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History. by John Lothrop Motley (1861)
"... for they trusted the character of their " Father William/' and not all the
clouds which calumny could collect ever dimmed to their eyes the radiance of ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... material into consideration as well, we are confronted with widely divergent
opinions, so much so that the brilliant pedigree becomes greatly dimmed. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... dimmed, and his lamp was burning lower than he thought. Taken as a novel, it
had too little ot plot and incident to be successful : as Lord Lytton said ..."
5. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"YES, it is she whose eyes looked on thy childhood, And watched with trembling
hope thy dawn of youth, That now, with these same eyeballs, dimmed with age, ..."
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