benight

benight
benight (v.) 1550s, "to be overtaken by darkness," from BE- (Cf. be-) + NIGHT (Cf. night). Figurative sense (especially in pp. adj. benighted) of "to involve in moral or intellectual darkness" is from c.1600.

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  • benight — e*night (b[ e]*n[imac]t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benighting}.] 1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The clouds benight the sky. Garth. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • benight — index blind (obscure), obscure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • benight — verb a) To overtake with night. The King with half the East at heel is marched from lands of morning; b) To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching ones destination Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benight the air …   Wiktionary

  • benight — v. overtake by darkness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • benight — be·night …   English syllables

  • benight — verb 1. overtake with darkness or night • Hypernyms: ↑overwhelm, ↑overpower, ↑sweep over, ↑whelm, ↑overcome, ↑overtake • Verb Frames: Something s somebody …   Useful english dictionary

  • benighten — benightˈen transitive verb (rare) To benight • • • Main Entry: ↑benight …   Useful english dictionary

  • Benighted — benight e*night (b[ e]*n[imac]t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benighting}.] 1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The clouds benight the sky. Garth. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Benighting — benight e*night (b[ e]*n[imac]t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benighting}.] 1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The clouds benight the sky. Garth. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • benightening — benightˈening noun • • • Main Entry: ↑benight …   Useful english dictionary

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