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Definition of Beclouds
1. becloud [v] - See also: becloud
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beclouds
Literary usage of Beclouds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. More Law Lyrics by Robert Bird (1898)
"WHEN MAY beclouds THE THORN. WHEN May beclouds the thorn with fragrant snow, And
unstained cowslips in the pinewoods grow, When wren and chaffinch leave the ..."
2. Dictionary of Anecdote, Incident, Illustrative Fact: Selected and Arranged by Walter Baxendale (1888)
"Blessed is the Sabbath to us, when the earth-smoke of care and turmoil no longer
beclouds our view ; then can oar souls full often behold the goodly land ..."
3. The Ohio Educational Monthly by Ohio State Teachers Association (1908)
"On the contrary, he chills and beclouds and, worst of all, he chills and beclouds
his own soul and then blames his neighbors for his pitiable condition. ..."
4. A Few Thoughts for a Young Man by Horace Mann (1887)
"The optician, who beclouds the glass through which he looks, is a wise man compared
with the reasoner who beclouds his faculties. Keep one thing forever in ..."
5. The Debater's Handbook: Including A Debate Upon the Character of Julius Cæsar by James Sheridan Knowles (1887)
"The optician who beclouds the glass through which he looks is a wise man compared
with the reasoner who beclouds his faculties. Keep one thing forever in ..."
6. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1921)
""We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new
disaster with each newspaper we read," said Abraham Lincoln in the famous ..."
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