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darkled

darkled is the simple past and past participle of darkle.

Meaning of darkle

Verb

darkle (third-person singular simple present darkles, present participle darkling, simple past and past participle darkled)

  1. To be dark; to be visible only darkly.
    • Thus to their hopeless eyes the night was shown, / And grimly darkled o'er the faces pale [...].1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.49
  2. To become dark; to show indistinctly.

Questions about darkled

What is darkled the simple past and past participle of?
Darkled is the simple past and past participle of darkle.

Words near darkled in the dictionary

  1. Darkins
  2. darkish
  3. darkishly
  4. darkishness
  5. darkle
  6. darkled
  7. darkles
  8. darklier
  9. darkliest
  10. Darklina
  11. darkling

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