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eclipse

Best crossword clue

"Blocking of light"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈklɪps/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceeilpsStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

Word origin

From Middle English eclipse, from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “to abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “to leave behind”). Doublet of eclipsis.

Used in a sentence

  • As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
  • Aubrey was rapturous. All her other playthings went into eclipse and the doings of the Geezenstacks occupied most of her waking thoughts.
  • The Moon eclipsed the Sun.

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