- deorcian
- wv/i2 3rd pres deorcaþ past deorcode ptp gedeorcod to darken, become dark, grow dim, grow dark (of sight)
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Darken — Dark en (d[aum]rk n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darkened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darkening} ( n*[i^]ng).] [AS. deorcian. See {Dark}, a.] 1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. [1913 Webster] They [locusts]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Darkened — Darken Dark en (d[aum]rk n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darkened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darkening} ( n*[i^]ng).] [AS. deorcian. See {Dark}, a.] 1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. [1913 Webster] They… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Darkening — Darken Dark en (d[aum]rk n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darkened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darkening} ( n*[i^]ng).] [AS. deorcian. See {Dark}, a.] 1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. [1913 Webster] They… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
darken — c. 1300, to make dark; late 14c., to become dark, from DARK (Cf. dark) + EN (Cf. en) (1). The more usual verb in M.E. was simply dark (O.E. deorcian), as it is in Chaucer and Shakespeare, and darken did not predominate until 17c. The Anglo Saxons … Etymology dictionary
