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Meaning of 'benight' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Benight [ v. t.]
- To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
- To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.
- To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.

Meaning of 'benight' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . benight [ v]
Meaning (1):
- envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
Example in sentence:
  • The benighted peoples of this area

Nearby Words:

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