bedarken

English

Etymology

be- +‎ darken

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bĭdärʹkn, IPA^(key): /bɪˈdɑːkn̩/

Verb

bedarken (third-person singular simple present bedarkens, present participle bedarkening, simple past and past participle bedarkened)

1. To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.
   • 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “chapter 6: Hero-Worship”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book I (Proem):

     #*: for light spreads; all human souls, never so bedarkened, love light; light once kindled spreads, till all is luminous

   • 1962, Joseph Gies, Adventure Underground: Tunnels, page 260:

     Even if there had been a glimmer of light, the dust would have robbed us of it; it was dense enough to bedarken an out-of-doors spot.

Anagrams

• Bednarek, barkened