benight
- (archaic, transitive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
- (archaic, transitive) To darken; to shroud or obscure.
- (archaic, transitive) To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɪˈnaɪt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English benyghten, binighten, bynyȝten, equivalent to be- + night.
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Nacht sein
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