2. Adjective. Dim, dark, or obscure ¹
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Definition of Bedarkened
1. bedarken [v] - See also: bedarken
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedarkened
Literary usage of Bedarkened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... sensibilities of the heart: ah, gone is that; its golden effulgence paled,
bedarkened in this singular manner, — brewing towards preternatural weather! ..."
2. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... balloon-flyings, and finer sensibilities of the heart : ah, gone is that ;
its golden effulgence paled, bedarkened in this singular manner, ..."
3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"... and the baron and the surf of once bedarkened Europe long abased in feudal
chains, looking at every ignorance and malice and abuse behind him, ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1862)
"So be it: yet, 0 Good and Great, In whom in this bedarkened state I fain am
struggling to believe, Let me not ever cease to grieve, ..."
5. English Lyrical Poetry from Its Origins to the Present Time by Edward Bliss Reed (1912)
"O Good and Great, In whom in this bedarkened state I fain am struggling to
believe,"3 shows him in a typical mood. In discussing Byron, we noticed that his ..."
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