What does "bedarken" mean?

To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.

What is a synonym for "bedarken"?

Common synonyms include: becloud, besmirch, black out, blacken, blot, blot.

//bɪˈdɑːkn̩// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Verb

1
To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.
"#*: for light spreads; all human souls, never so bedarkened, love light; light once kindled spreads, till all is luminous"

"#*: for light spreads; all human souls, never so bedarkened, love light; light once kindled spreads, till all is luminous"

From be- + darken.

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