"darkle" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈdɑːk(ə)l/ [UK], /ˈdɑɹk(ə)l/ [General-American] Forms: darkles [present, singular, third-person], darkling [participle, present], darkled [participle, past], darkled [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from darkling. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|darkling}} Back-formation from darkling Head templates: {{en-verb}} darkle (third-person singular simple present darkles, present participle darkling, simple past and past participle darkled)
  1. To be dark; to be visible only darkly.
    Sense id: en-darkle-en-verb-OM3V3E8n Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. To become dark; to show indistinctly.
    Sense id: en-darkle-en-verb-rcdasEKY Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Inflected forms

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