Dark"en (därk"'n), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Darkened (-'nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Darkening (-n*&ibreve;ng).] [AS.
deorcian. See Dark, a.]
1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light;
to obscure; as, a darkened room.
They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so
that the land was darkened.
Ex. x. 15.
So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began
To darken all the hill.
Milton.
2. To render dim; to deprive of
vision.
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not
see.
Rom. xi. 10.
3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render
less clear or intelligible.
Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom
darkenhis foresight.
Bacon.
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words
without knowledge?
Job. xxxviii. 2.
4. To cast a gloom upon.
With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken
not
The mirth of the feast.
Shak.
5. To make foul; to sully; to
tarnish.
I must not think there are
Evils enough to darken all his goodness.
Shak.
Dark"en, v. i. To grow or
darker.
