Meaning

2 senses

  1. (literary, rare, transitive)To render dark or darker.

  2. (literary, transitive)To becloud, obscure, to obfuscate; to confound.

Origin

From en- + darken (see en- (“intensifying prefix”)), modelled on enlighten.

From en- + darken (see en- (“intensifying prefix”)), modelled on enlighten.

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Forms

endarkens, endarkening, endarkened, endarkened
Base formendarken · to endarken
3rd person singularendarkens
Present participleendarkening
Past simpleendarkened
Past participleendarkened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyendarken
he, she, itendarkens

Past simpleLesson

all personsendarkened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave endarkened
he, she, ithas endarkened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill endarken

Antonyms

1 antonyms
render dark:enlighten

Word family

1 related words
Derivedendarkenment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
endA1endangerB1endangeredA2endearendearmentendeavorB2
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