Definition of darken

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Darken (a.) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.

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Eclipse :: Eclipse (v. t.) To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun..
Blindfold :: Blindfold (a.) Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury..
Imbrown :: Imbrown (v. t.) To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure..
Abraum Salts :: Abraum salts (n.) A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
Scioptic :: Scioptic (a.) Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball..
Fog :: Fog (v. t.) To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure..
Darkening :: Darkening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Darke.
Collied :: Collied (p. & a.) Darkened. See Colly, v. t..
Darken :: Darken (v. i.) To grow or darker.
Dim :: Dim (v. t.) To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of..
Sully :: Sully (v. t.) To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation..
Obtenebration :: Obtenebration (n.) The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness.
Blind :: Blind (v. t.) To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.
Actinium :: Actinium (n.) A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light..
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage..
Dim :: Dim (v. t.) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse..
Obscure :: Obscure (superl.) Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim..
Overshadow :: Overshadow (v. t.) To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure..
Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..
Darkened :: Darkened (imp. & p. p.) of Darke.
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