• Bedarken

    Pronunciation

    • RP enPR: bÄ­därʹkn, IPA: /bɪˈdɑːknÌ©/

    Origin

    - + darken

    Full definition of bedarken

    Verb

    1. To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.
      • 1843, , , book 1, chapter 6: “Hero-Worship”for light spreads; all human souls, never so bedarkened, love light; light once kindled spreads, till all is luminous
      • 1962, Joseph Gies, Adventure Underground: Tunnels, page 260Even if there had been a glimmer of light, the dust would have robbed us of it; it was dense enough to bedarken an out-of-doors spot.
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