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Webster 1913 Edition
Darken
Dark′en
(därk′’n)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Darkened
(-’nd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Darkening
(-n-ĭng)
.] 1.
To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure;
as, a
. darkened
roomThey [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was
darkened
. Ex. x. 15.
So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began
To
To
darken
all the hill. Milton.
2.
To render dim; to deprive of vision.
Let their eyes be
darkened
, that they may not see. Rom. xi. 10.
3.
To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom
darken
his foresight. Bacon.
Who is this that
darkeneth
counsel by words without knowledge? Job. xxxviii. 2.
4.
To cast a gloom upon.
With these forced thoughts, I prithee,
The mirth of the feast.
darken
notThe mirth of the feast.
Shakespeare
5.
To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
I must not think there are
Evils enough to
Evils enough to
darken
all his goodness. Shakespeare
Dark′en
,Verb.
I.
To grow or darker.
Webster 1828 Edition
Darken
D'ARKEN
,Verb.
I.