Eclipsing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eclipse \E*clipse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eclipsed}
     ([-e]*kl[i^]pst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Eclipsing}.]
     1. To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of
        a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
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     2. To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster,
        honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the
        shade by surpassing. "His eclipsed state." --Dryden.
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              My joy of liberty is half eclipsed.   --Shak.
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