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   Gloom, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glooming.]
   1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
   
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   2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.
   
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   The black gibbet glooms beside the way. Goldsmith.
   
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   [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. Spenser.
   
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   Glooming, n. [Cf. Gloaming.] Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.
   
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   When the faint glooming in the sky
   
   First lightened into day. Trench.
   
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   The balmy glooming, crescent-lit. Tennyson.
   
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