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

eclipse \eclipse"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. eclipsed
   -ekli^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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            my joy of liberty is half eclipsed.   --shak.
      1913 webster
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eclipsed eclipsing 

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