be·night v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Benighting.]
1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic]
The clouds benight the sky. --Garth.
2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.
Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods. --Milton.
3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny ? --Heber.
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