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Blacken
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope
2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South.
3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.
Synonyms: denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To grow black or dark.