ECLIPSE

Definitions

1. 1. To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
2. 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. My joy of liberty is half eclipsed. Shak.