Definition of blacken

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Blacken (v. t.) To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character..

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Grass Tree :: Grass tree () An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called blackboys from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides..
Denigrator :: Denigrator (n.) One who, or that which, blackens..
Smeeth :: Smeeth (v. t.) To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
Gibbet :: Gibbet (v. t.) To expose to infamy; to blacken.
Cloud :: Cloud (v. t.) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.
Blacken :: Blacken (v. t.) To make or render black.
Blackened :: Blackened (imp. & p. p.) of Blacke.
Denigrate :: Denigrate (v. t.) Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.
Blek :: Blek (v. t.) To blacken; also, to defile..
Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking..
Blacken :: Blacken (v. i.) To grow black or dark.
Denigrate :: Denigrate (v. t.) To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
Smudge :: Smudge (v. t.) To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
Blackener :: Blackener (n.) One who blackens.
Blackwash :: Blackwash (n.) A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny..
Blacken :: Blacken (v. t.) To make dark; to darken; to cloud.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance..
Blackening :: Blackening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blacke.
Denigration :: Denigration (n.) Fig.: A blackening; defamation.
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