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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Darken \Dark"en\, v. i. To grow or darker. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Darken \Dark"en\ (d[aum]rk"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darkened} (-'nd); p. pr & vb n. {Darkening} (-n*[i^]ng).] [AS. deorcian See {Dark}, a.] 1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as a darkened room They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. --Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. --Milton. 2. To render dim; to deprive of vision. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see --Rom. xi 10. 3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible. Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight. --Bacon. Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? --Job. xxxviii 2. 4. To cast a gloom upon With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. --Shak. 5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. I must not think there are Evils enough to darken all his goodness. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: darken v 1: become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" [ant: {brighten}] 2: become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown" [syn: {dim}] [ant: {brighten}] 3: tarnish or stain: "a scandal that darkened the family's good name" 4: make dark or darker; "darken a room" [ant: {brighten}]
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