Definition of Darken

Dark´en   Pronunciation: därk´'n
v. t.1.To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
[imp. & p. p. Darkened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Darkening (-n*ĭng).]
2.To render dim; to deprive of vision.
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see.
- Rom. xi. 10.
3.To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
4.To cast a gloom upon.
5.To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
v. i.1.To grow or darker.


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