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benight

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be`night´    (bė`nīt´)
v. t.1.To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
[imp. & p. p. Benighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Benighting.]
The clouds benight the sky.
- Garth.
2.To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.
Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods.
- Milton.
3.To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny ?
- Heber.
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Verb1.benight - overtake with darkness or night
overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
2.benight - envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area"
enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
3.benight - make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
bedim
darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room"


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