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Definition of Benights
1. benight [v] - See also: benight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benights
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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