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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blacken \Black"en\, v. i.
To grow black or dark.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blacken \Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackened}; p. pr &
vb n. {Blackening}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf {Black}, v.
t. ]
1. To make or render black.
While the long funerals blacken all the way --Pope.
2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. ``Blackened the whole
heavens.'' --South.
3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as
vice blackens the character.
Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;
traduce; malign; asperse.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
blacken
v 1: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling";
"The ceiling blackened" [syn: {melanize}, {nigrify}, {black}]
[ant: {whiten}]
2: burn so as to affect color or taste; "blackened chicken
breast"; "The ceiling above the fireplace was charred"
[syn: {char}, {scorch}]
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