benight

transitive verb

be·night | \ bi-ˈnīt, bē-\

-ed/-ing/-s

Definition of benight

1 : to overtake by darkness or night especially before the end of a journey —usually used in the passive there was no fear of our being benighted, for in Norway at this season it never gets dark— Frances Pitt

2 : to envelop in intellectual, moral, or social darkness what men … call religion now benighting half the earth— John Wilson †1854 —usually used in the passive

3 : to make dark especially by depriving of light : obscure the cliffs were so high that the bay itself was already benighted— Clemence Dane

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