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English Dictionary: blacken by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blacken
v
  1. make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
    Synonym(s): blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
    Antonym(s): white, whiten
  2. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
    Synonym(s): char, blacken, sear, scorch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blacken \Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackened}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Blackening}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Black}, v.
      t. ]
      1. To make or render black.
  
                     While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.
  
      2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. [bd]Blackened the whole
            heavens.[b8] --South.
  
      3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as,
            vice blackens the character.
  
      Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;
               traduce; malign; asperse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blacken \Black"en\, v. i.
      To grow black or dark.
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