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benight
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benight, v. t.
- To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [1913 Webster]"The clouds benight the sky." [1913 Webster]
- To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task. [1913 Webster]"Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods." [1913 Webster]
- To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light. [1913 Webster]"Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny ?" [1913 Webster]
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