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Word: Eclipse
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
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’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪˈklɪps
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body)
Short Definition:subject celestial body to eclipse
Examples:- Jupiter was eclipsed by the Moon
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