Definition of Benights

1. Verb. (third-person singular of benight) ¹

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Definition of Benights

1. benight [v] - See also: benight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benights

bengalines
bengola
bengolas
beni
benifices
benifit
benight
benighted
benightedly
benightedness
benightednesses
benighten
benighter
benighting
benightment
benights (current term)
benign
benign albuminuria
benign bone aneurysm
benign cementoblastoma
benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes
benign dry pleurisy
benign ear cyst
benign essential tremor
benign faint
benign familial chorea
benign familial chronic pemphigus
benign familial icterus
benign giant lymph node hyperplasia

Literary usage of Benights

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Alexander Hamilton by Alexander Hamilton (1904)
"An ignorance which benights the political world and disputes the first principles of administration is requisite to bring this position for a moment into ..."

2. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1908)
"... twinkle lights me, Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy; Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her was to love her. ..."

3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1916)
"Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I 'II ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her, ..."

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