benighted

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Synonyms: betighted, bedighted, benighter, delighted, blighted, benight, nighted, weighted, knighted, relighted, unbenighted

Antonyms: betighted, bedighted, benighter, delighted, blighted, benight, nighted, weighted, knighted, relighted, unbenighted

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|obsolete|or|poetic}} [[overtake#Verb|Overtaken]] by [[night#Noun|night]]; especially of a [[traveller]], etc.: [[catch out|caught out]] by [[oncoming]] night before [[reach#Verb|reaching]] one's [[destination]].
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[plunge#Verb|Plunged]] into [[darkness]].
3. {{lb|en|figurative}}

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|benight||ed-form}}

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