Loomed

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

  Loom \Loom\ (l[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loomed} (l[=oo]md);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Looming}.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma;
     akin to AS. le['i]ma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to
     shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E.
     light. [root]122. See {Light} not dark.]
     1. To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to


        appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant
        object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from
        atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land
        looms high.
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              Awful she looms, the terror of the main. --H. J.
                                                    Pye.
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     2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in
        a moral sense.
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              On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and
              shine so gloriously, as in the context. --J. M.
                                                    Mason.
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     3. To become imminent; to impend.
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