Definition of darken

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

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Cerargyrite :: Cerargyrite (n.) Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver)..
Darken :: Darken (a.) To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects..
Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera..
Gloom :: Gloom (v. t.) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
Obscure :: Obscure (superl.) Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim..
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..
Blindfold :: Blindfold (a.) Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury..
Obscure :: Obscure (a.) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious..
Darkening :: Darkening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Darke.
Collied :: Collied (p. & a.) Darkened. See Colly, v. t..
Fog :: Fog (v. t.) To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure..
Mist :: Mist (n.) Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision..
Endark :: Endark (v. t.) To darken.
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 deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
Dirk :: Dirk (v. t.) To darken.
Darken :: Darken (v. i.) To grow or darker.
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