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"To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached."
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"(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached."
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"_dis1": "79 6 15",
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ukrýty témrjavoju",
"sense": "to overtake with night; to be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination",
"word": "укри́ти те́мрявою"
},
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"roman": "zastýhnuty témrjavoju",
"sense": "to overtake with night; to be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination",
"word": "засти́гнути те́мрявою"
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"To darken; to shroud or obscure."
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"_dis1": "11 78 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "umnachten"
},
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"_dis1": "11 78 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "zamračiti"
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"_dis1": "11 78 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "smračiti"
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{
"_dis1": "11 78 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "zatamniti"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "oscurecer"
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{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zatʹmáryty",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "затьма́рити"
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]
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"ref": "1819, Reginald Heber, The Missionary Hymn",
"text": "Can we whose souls are lighted\nWith Wisdom from on high,\nCan we to men benighted\nThe lamp of life deny?",
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}
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"To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness."
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"moral",
"moral"
],
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"intellectual",
"intellectual"
],
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"darkness",
"darkness"
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"rhymes": "-aɪt"
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"word": "benighten"
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"word": "benight"
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"word": "benightedly"
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"present",
"singular",
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"participle",
"present"
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"pos": "verb",
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"To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached."
],
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],
[
"night",
"night"
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"(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached."
],
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"in passive"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
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"To darken; to shroud or obscure."
],
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[
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"text": "Can we whose souls are lighted\nWith Wisdom from on high,\nCan we to men benighted\nThe lamp of life deny?",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness."
],
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"overwhelm"
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[
"moral",
"moral"
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[
"intellectual",
"intellectual"
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[
"darkness",
"darkness"
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"sounds": [
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"word": "benighten"
}
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ukrýty témrjavoju",
"sense": "to overtake with night; to be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination",
"word": "укри́ти те́мрявою"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zastýhnuty témrjavoju",
"sense": "to overtake with night; to be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination",
"word": "засти́гнути те́мрявою"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "umnachten"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "zamračiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "smračiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "zatamniti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "oscurecer"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zatʹmáryty",
"sense": "to darken — see also darken",
"word": "затьма́рити"
}
],
"word": "benight"
}
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