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benighten

benighten verb: to benight.

Verb

benighten (third-person singular simple present benightens, present participle benightening, simple past and past participle benightened)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To benight.

Forms of benighten

third-person singular presentbenightens
present participlebenightening
past participlebenightened
pastbenightened

Origin of benighten

From benight + -en, after enlighten.

Questions about benighten

What does benighten mean?
Benighten means to benight.
What part of speech is benighten?
Benighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of benighten?
The past tense of benighten is benightened.

Words near benighten in the dictionary

  1. benifits
  2. benight
  3. benighted
  4. benightedly
  5. benightedness
  6. benighten
  7. benightened
  8. benightening
  9. benightens
  10. benighter
  11. benighters

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