| benight |
| benight | (v) overtake with darkness or night |
| benight | (v) envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness, Example: The benighted peoples of this area |
| benight | (v) make darker and difficult to perceive by sight, Syn. bedim |
| benight | v. t. The clouds benight the sky. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ] Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Shall we to men benighted |
| Benightment | n. The condition of being benighted. [ 1913 Webster ] |