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Webster 1913 Edition
Blacken
Black′en
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blackened
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blackening
.] 1.
To make or render black.
While the long funerals
blacken
all the way. Pope.
2.
To make dark; to darken; to cloud.
“Blackened the whole heavens.” South.
3.
To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous;
as, vice
. blackens
the character
Syn. – To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.
Black′en
,Verb.
I.
To grow black or dark.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blacken
BLACK'EN
, v.t.1.
To make black.The importation of slaves that has blackened half America.
2.
To make dark; to darken; to cloud.3.
To soil.4.
To sully reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.BLACK'EN
,Verb.
I.