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Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : ih-klips |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈklɪps |
Definition of eclipse
Origin :- late 13c., from Old French eclipse "eclipse, darkness" (12c.), from Latin eclipsis, from Greek ekleipsis "an abandonment, an eclipse," from ekleipein "to forsake a usual place, fail to appear, be eclipsed," from ek "out" (see ex-) + leipein "to leave" (cognate with Latin linquere; see relinquish).
- noun shadowing of the sun
- verb obscure, veil
- verb surpass achievement
- You are to buy The Dutchman as cheap as you can, and run him as your own horse in the Eclipse.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- After Lucretia's win in the Eclipse, Porter did not land another race.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- It would never do to let the Grahams eclipse the Lockwoods, you see.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- If they were to have their will, all power was to be in their hands; their fame was to eclipse all other.
- Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
- "You should have come in time, then, and seen the eclipse," said the Virginian.
- Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
- He knew that his military reputation had suffered an eclipse.
- Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- But historically the eclipse was noticed only in the sixth year.
- Extract from : « A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd' » by Moulavi Gergh Ali
- As it is, I am suffering, but it is not the suffering which follows an eclipse of hope.
- Extract from : « Robert Hardy's Seven Days » by Charles Monroe Sheldon
- The eclipse of the moon was attributed to their baneful influence.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- An eclipse happening on the 21st day, sorrow and despair in the land.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
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