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becurtain

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To curtain; bedeck or cover with a curtain; (by extension, figurative) to shroud.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2014, Husayn Ilahi-Ghomshei, "The Symphony of Rūmī" in Leonard Lewisohn (ed.), The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition, Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, Section X, "The Spirit," p. 28, https://books.google.ca/books?id=iMNEBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The intellect, [the spirit's] guardian, is tremendously jealous to preserve the girl's honor and so strives to conceal her behind a multitude of veils. Amongst these veils are the body itself which becurtains our soul, and our conversation and words that cloak conceptions and ideas.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From be- + curtain.