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Definition of Benight

1. Verb. Overtake with darkness or night.

2. Verb. Envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness. "The benighted peoples of this area"

3. Verb. Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight.

Definition of Benight

1. v. t. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.

Definition of Benight

1. to be overtaken by night [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Benight

1. 1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. "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) Origin: Benighted; Benighting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benight

Benford's law bengal Bengal Bengali bengaline bengalines Bengal bean Bengal kino Bengal light Bengal rose

Bengal tiger Benghal bean Benghazi beni benight (current term) benight (current term) benighted benightedly benightedness benightednesses

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