I.to blind, make blind (rare).
I. Lit.: num ergo is excaecat nos aut orbat sensibus? etc., * Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74; Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 200; Flor. 2, 20, 5.—
B. Transf.
1. To deprive a plant of the eyes or buds, Col. 11, 3, 45; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175.—
3. To darken or dull a bright color: “fulgor (argenti) excaecatus,” Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131.—