Benight

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  • v. To overtake with night.
  • v. To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination
  • v. To darken
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
  • v. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.
  • v. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To overtake with night.
  • To involve in darkness, as with the shades of night; shroud in gloom; overshadow; eclipse; figuratively, to involve in moral darkness or ignorance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. overtake with darkness or night
  • v. envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
  • v. make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    whelm    overpower    overcome    sweep over    overtake    overwhelm    enclose    wrap    enfold    enwrap   
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    Words with the same meaning
    obscure   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bright    Dwight    Knight    Night    White    Wight    Wright    alight    allright    alright