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3 definitions found 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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