benight

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Synonyms: behight, belight, bedight, beknight

Antonyms: behight, belight, bedight, beknight

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|chiefly|in passive}} To [[overtake]] (a traveller etc) with the darkness of [[night]], especially before shelter is reached.
2. To [[darken]]; to [[shroud]] or [[obscure]].
3. To [[plunge]] or be [[overwhelm]]ed in [[moral]] or [[intellectual]] [[darkness]].

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