benight
be·night
benight · benights · benighted · benighting
To overtake with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reachedTo overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
/bɪˈnaɪt/
Meaning
3 senses(archaic, transitive)To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
укри́ти те́мрявоюukrýty témrjavoju, засти́гнути те́мрявоюzastýhnuty témrjavoju
overtake with darkness or night
(archaic, transitive)To darken; to shroud or obscure.
umnachten
затьма́ритиzatʹmáryty
(archaic, transitive)To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
Translations
3 languagesУкраїнська
to overtake with night; to be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination:
to darken — see also darken:
Deutsch
to darken — see also darken:
Origin
From Middle English benyghten, binighten, bynyȝten, equivalent to be- + night.From Middle English benyghten, binighten, bynyȝten, equivalent to be- + night.
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Forms
benights, benighting, benighted, benightedSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- make darker and difficult to perceive by sight:bedim
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle