- OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. leóma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light. √122. See Light not dark
- To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.Awful she looms, the terror of the main.
- To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.On no occasion does he [Paulloom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.
- To become imminent; to impend.
