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nighted
(encz) | nighted, adj: |
Nighted
(gcide) | Nighted \Night"ed\, a.
1. Darkness; clouded. [R.] --Shak.
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2. Overtaken by night; belated. --Beau. & Fl.
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nighted
(wn) | nighted
adj 1: overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted)
travelers hurrying toward home" [syn: benighted,
nighted] |
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benighted
(encz) | benighted,nevzdělaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
benightedly
(encz) | benightedly,zaostale adv: Zdeněk Brož |
knighted
(encz) | knighted,povýšený na rytíře 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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Knighted
(gcide) | Knight \Knight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knighted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Knighting.]
To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the
sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword,
saying: Rise, Sir ---.
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A soldier, by the honor-giving hand
Of C[oe]ur-de-Lion knighted in the field. --Shak.
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Nighted
(gcide) | Nighted \Night"ed\, a.
1. Darkness; clouded. [R.] --Shak.
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2. Overtaken by night; belated. --Beau. & Fl.
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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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