darken : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: darken	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for darken
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
darken v become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" [ant: lighten, lighten up] tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name" make dark or darker; "darken a room" Antonym(s): brighten, lighten, lighten up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Darken \Dark"en\, v. i. To grow or darker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Darken \Dark"en\ (d[aum]rk"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darkened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darkening} (-n[icr]ng).] [AS. deorcian. See {Dark}, a.] 1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. --Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken* all the hill. --Milton. 2. To render dim; to deprive of vision. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. --Rom. xi. 10. 3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible. Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight. --Bacon. Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? --Job. xxxviii. 2. 4. To cast a gloom upon. With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. --Shak. 5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. I must not think there are Evils enough to darken all his goodness. --Shak.