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gloom
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gloom \Gloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glooming.] 1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer. [1913 Webster] 2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. [1913 Webster] The black gibbet glooms beside the way. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gloom \Gloom\, v. t.
1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
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A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. --Walpole.
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A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. --Tennyson.
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2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
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Such a mood as that which lately gloomed
Your fancy. --Tennison.
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What sorrows gloomed that parting day. --Goldsmith.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gloom \Gloom\ (gl[=oo]m), n. [AS. gl[=o]m twilight, from the root of E. glow. See Glow, and cf. Glum, Gloam.] [1913 Webster] 1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight. [1913 Webster] 2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. [1913 Webster] Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. --Tennyson . [1913 Webster] 3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. [1913 Webster] A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven. [1913 Webster] Syn: Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See Darkness. [1913 Webster]
