What is "loomed"

Loom \Loom\ (l[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loomed (l[=oo]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Looming.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. le['o]ma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light. [root]122. See Light not dark.]

1. 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.
   --H. J. Pye.

2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

   On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.
   --J. M. Mason.

3. To become imminent; to impend.

vb. (en-past of: loom)