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benight
(gcide) | benight \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]
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The clouds benight the sky. --Garth.
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2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the
end of a day's journey or task.
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Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods.
--Milton.
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3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from
intellectual light.
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Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny ? --Heber.
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benight
(wn) | benight
v 1: overtake with darkness or night
2: envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The
benighted peoples of this area"
3: make darker and difficult to perceive by sight [syn:
benight, bedim] |
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benighted
(encz) | benighted,nevzdělaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
benightedly
(encz) | benightedly,zaostale adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Benighted
(gcide) | benight \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]
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The clouds benight the sky. --Garth.
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2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the
end of a day's journey or task.
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Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods.
--Milton.
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3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from
intellectual light.
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Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny ? --Heber.
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Benighting
(gcide) | benight \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]
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The clouds benight the sky. --Garth.
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2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the
end of a day's journey or task.
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Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods.
--Milton.
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3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from
intellectual light.
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Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny ? --Heber.
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Benightment
(gcide) | Benightment \Be*night"ment\, n.
The condition of being benighted.
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Unbenighted
(gcide) | Unbenighted \Unbenighted\
See benighted. |
benighted
(wn) | benighted
adj 1: overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted)
travelers hurrying toward home" [syn: benighted,
nighted]
2: lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this
benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and
superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of
education" [syn: benighted, dark] |
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