benight

1. v. t. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. Source: opted

2. v. t. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task. Source: opted

3. v. t. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light. Source: opted

4. v. overtake with darkness or night Source: wordnet

5. v. envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness Source: wordnet

6. v. make darker and difficult to perceive by sight Source: wordnet

7. 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. Source: webster

8. v overtake with darkness or night v envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness v make darker and difficult to perceive by sight Source: ecdict

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