darkle
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from darkling.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]darkle (third-person singular simple present darkles, present participle darkling, simple past and past participle darkled)
- To be dark; to be visible only darkly.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.49:
- Thus to their hopeless eyes the night was shown, / And grimly darkled o'er the faces pale [...].
- To become dark; to show indistinctly.