Word Meanings - ECLIPSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the

Additional info about word: ECLIPSE

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet. Note: In ancient times, eclipses were, and among unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of which occasional use is made in literature. That fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark. Milton. 2. The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness. All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life. Sir W. Raleigh. As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips. Shelley. Annular eclipse. See under Annular. -- Cycle of eclipses. See under Cycle.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ECLIPSE)

• Outshine
• Surpass
• eclipse
• overshadow
• Outstrip
• beat
• distance
• Eclipse
• outvie
• excel
• outstrip
• exceed
• outdo
• outstep
• surmount
• transcend
• Transcend
• Surmount
• surpass
• out-top

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ECLIPSE)

• Recommend
• brighten
• illustrate
• enhance
• heighten

Related words: (words related to ECLIPSE)

• EXCEEDING
  More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. "The exceeding riches of his grace." Eph. ii. 7. -- Ex*ceed"ing*ness, n. Sir P. Sidney.
• EXCEPT
  1. To take or leave out from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton. Wherein all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To object to; to protest against. Shak.
• SURPASS
  To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. Milton. Syn. -- To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
• SURPASSING
  Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
• EXCEPTIONER
  One who takes exceptions or makes objections. Milton.
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• EXCEDENT
  Excess.
• TRANSCEND
  1. To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. Howell. 2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed. Such popes as shall transcend their limits. Bacon. 8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. How
• OVERSHADOW
  1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7. 2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. Milton.
• EXCEPTIONAL
  Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell. This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett -- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly , adv.
• EXCERNENT
  Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.
• EXCENTRICITY
  . Same as Eccentricity.
• EXCEPTANT
  Making exception.
• RECOMMENDATORY
  Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
• DISTANCE
  A space marked out in the last part of a race course. The horse that ran the whole field out of distance. L'Estrange. Note: In trotting matches under the rules of the American Association, the distance varies with the conditions of the race, being
• TRANSCENDENTALIST
  One who believes in transcendentalism.
• EXCENTRIC; EXCENTRICAL
  One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Gray. (more info) 1. Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical.
• RECOMMENDER
  One who recommends.
• EXCECATE
  To blind. Cockeram.
• OUTDOORS
  Abread; out of the house; out of doors.
• INSURMOUNTABILITY
  The state or quality of being insurmountable.