endarken
English edit
Etymology edit
en- + darken (see en- (“intensifying prefix”)), modelled on enlighten.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdaɹkɪn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɑːkən/, /ɛnˈdɑːkən/
Verb edit
endarken (third-person singular simple present endarkens, present participle endarkening, simple past and past participle endarkened)
- (transitive, rare, chiefly literary) To render dark or darker.
- 1711, John Strype, Life and Acts of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury:
- Suffer not Satan to endarken your consciences; let brawlings cease, and let unity be seen.
- (transitive, chiefly literary) To becloud, obscure, to obfuscate; to confound.
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "render dark"): enlighten
Translations edit
to render dark or darker
to obscure, to obfuscate; to confound
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References edit
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).