verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   to make swart, dark, or swarty; darken transitive

   "Clad in rags, swartened by the sun, irritable, arrogant, and having at their head officers [...]"

2. 2
   to become dark; darken intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

blackendarkenblackdenigrate

Example

More examples

"Clad in rags, swartened by the sun, irritable, arrogant, and having at their head officers [...]"

Etymology

From swart + -en (verbal suffix).

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