eclipsing

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Eclipse \E*clipse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eclipsed ([-e]*kl[i^]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]