- darken
- darken [där′kən]vi.to become dark or darkervt.1. to make dark or darker2. to make blind——————not darken someone's door or not darken someone's doorwaynot come to someone's homedarkenern.
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Darken — Dark en (d[aum]rk n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darkened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darkening} ( n*[i^]ng).] [AS. deorcian. See {Dark}, a.] 1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. [1913 Webster] They [locusts]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
darken — c. 1300, to make dark; late 14c., to become dark, from DARK (Cf. dark) + EN (Cf. en) (1). The more usual verb in M.E. was simply dark (O.E. deorcian), as it is in Chaucer and Shakespeare, and darken did not predominate until 17c. The Anglo Saxons … Etymology dictionary
darken — ► VERB 1) make or become darker. 2) cast a shadow over; spoil. 3) become unhappy or angry. ● never darken someone s door Cf. ↑never darken someone s door … English terms dictionary
Darken — Dark en, v. i. To grow or darker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
darken — index depress, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, shroud, tarnish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
darken — *obscure, dim, bedim, eclipse, cloud, becloud, fog, befog, obfuscate Antonyms: illuminate Contrasted words: enlighten, illumine (see ILLUMINATE): elucidate, *explain … New Dictionary of Synonyms
darken — [v] become shaded, unlit becloud, bedim, blacken, cloud over, cloud up, deepen, dim, eclipse, fog, gray, haze, make dim, murk, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, tone down*; concept 469 Ant. brighten, illuminate, lighten,… … New thesaurus
Darken — For other uses, see Darken (disambiguation). Darken Author(s) Kate Ashwin Website http://www.darkencomic.com/ Current status / schedule Weekly updates … Wikipedia
darken — UK [ˈdɑː(r)kən] / US [ˈdɑrkən] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms darken : present tense I/you/we/they darken he/she/it darkens present participle darkening past tense darkened past participle darkened 1) to become darker, or to make… … English dictionary
darken — darkener, n. /dahr keuhn/, v.t. 1. to make dark or darker. 2. to make obscure. 3. to make less white or clear in color. 4. to make gloomy; sadden: He darkened the festivities by his presence. 5. to make blind. v.i. 6. to become dark or darker. 7 … Universalium
