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verb
To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
Qualifier: chiefly passive voice
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To darken; to shroud or obscure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bedim
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: darken
verb
envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
verb
overtake with darkness or night
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
History
From Middle English benyghten, binighten, bynyȝten, equivalent to be- + night.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
