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   E·clipse

   /əˈklips/

   

   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: "an eclipse of the sun" Similar blotting outblockingcoveringobscuringhidingconcealingveilingshroudingdarkeningoccultation
   • ▪ a loss of significance, power, or prominence in relation to another person or thing: "personal problems hastened the eclipse of his career" Similar declinefallfailuredecaydeteriorationdegenerationweakeningebbwaningwitheringdescentsinkingslidetumbleregressionlapsecollapsecomedowncrashoutshiningovershadowingsurpassingexcellingoutclassingoutstrippingoutdistancingoutdoingtranscendingdwarfingupstagingshamingOpposite rise
   • 2. a phase during which the distinctive markings of a bird (especially a male duck) are obscured by molting of the breeding plumage: "eclipse plumage"

   verb

   • 1. (of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body): "as the last piece of the sun was eclipsed by the moon"
   • ▪ deprive (someone or something) of significance, power, or prominence: "the state of the economy has eclipsed the environment as the main issue" Similar outshineovershadowput in the shadesurpassexceedexcelbe superior tooutclassoutstripoutdistanceoutdotopcaptrumptranscendtower above/overdwarfupstageshameput to shameinformal:be head and shoulders abovebe a cut abovearchaic:extinguishoutrival
   • ▪ obscure or block out (light): "a sea of blue sky violently eclipsed by showers" Similar blot outblockcoverobscureveilshroudhideconcealobliteratedarkendimshadecast a shadow overoccult

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French e(s)clipse (noun), eclipser (verb), via Latin from Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein ‘fail to appear, be eclipsed’, from ek ‘out’ + leipein ‘to leave’.

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