Definition of benight
be`night´
Pronunciation:
bė`nīt´
v. t.
1.
To
involve
in
darkness
;
to
shroud
with
the
shades
of
night
;
to
obscure
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Benighted
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Benighting
.]
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.
Related Words
overcome
,
overpower
,
overtake
,
overwhelm
,
sweep
over
,
whelm
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