blacken

1. v. t. To make or render black. Source: opted

2. v. t. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. Source: opted

3. v. t. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character. Source: opted

4. v. i. To grow black or dark. Source: opted

5. v. make or become black Source: wordnet

6. v. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color Source: wordnet

7. 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character. Syn. -- To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse. To grow black or dark. Source: webster

8. v:100 v. make or become black Source: ecdict

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