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| Matching Terms: | | benighted, benightment
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- [v] make difficult to perceive by sight; "The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake"
- [v] envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area"
- [v] overtake with darkness or night
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| | Synonyms: | | bedim, obscure |
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| | See Also: | | darken, enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, wrap |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Be*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]
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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