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English verb: benight | |||
| 1. | benight (emotion) overtake with darkness or night | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm | ||
| 2. | benight (contact) envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness | ||
| Samples | The benighted peoples of this area. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap | ||
| 3. | benight (change) make darker and difficult to perceive by sight | ||
| Synonyms | bedim | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | darken | ||
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