verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To render dark or darker. literary, rare, transitive

   "Suffer not Satan to endarken your consciences; let brawlings cease, and let unity be seen."

2. 2
   To becloud, obscure, to obfuscate; to confound. literary, transitive

Antonyms

All antonyms

enlightenilluminate

Example

More examples

"Suffer not Satan to endarken your consciences; let brawlings cease, and let unity be seen."

Etymology

From en- + darken (see en- (“intensifying prefix”)), modelled on enlighten.

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