benight
1benight — 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.… …
2benight — index blind (obscure), obscure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3benight — (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 …
4benight — 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 …
5benight — v. overtake by darkness …
6benight — be·night …
7benight — verb 1. overtake with darkness or night • Hypernyms: ↑overwhelm, ↑overpower, ↑sweep over, ↑whelm, ↑overcome, ↑overtake • Verb Frames: Something s somebody …
8benighten — benightˈen transitive verb (rare) To benight • • • Main Entry: ↑benight …
9Benighted — 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… …
10Benighting — 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… …
