Hypertext Webster Gateway: "benight"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Benight \Be*night"\ (b[-e]*n[imac]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Benighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benighting}.]
1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of
night; to obscure. [Archaic]
The clouds benight the sky. --Garth.
2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the
end of a day's journey or task.
Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods.
--Milton.
3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from
intellectual light.
Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ?
--Heber.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
benight
v 1: overtake with darkness or night
2: envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The
benighted peoples of this area"
3: make difficult to perceive by sight; "The foliage of the
huge tree obscures the view of the lake" [syn: {obscure},
{bedim}]
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