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Dark·en v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darkened p. pr. & vb. n. Darkening ]
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.
darkened
adj 1: (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time; "the
darkened margins of the paper"
2: become or made dark by lack of light; "a darkened house";
"the darkened theater"