'Darken' definitions:
Definition of 'darken'
(from WordNet)
verb
Become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" [ant: lighten, lighten up]
verb
Tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
verb
Definition of 'Darken'
From: GCIDE
- Darken \Dark"en\, v. i. To grow or darker. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Darken'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. --Ex. x. 15. [1913 Webster]
- So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To render dim; to deprive of vision. [1913 Webster]
- Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. --Rom. xi. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible. [1913 Webster]
- Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? --Job. xxxviii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To cast a gloom upon. [1913 Webster]
- With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. [1913 Webster]
- I must not think there are Evils enough to darken all his goodness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]