1) Bedim
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1) Exclusively Saxon word 2) Exclusively Anglo word 3) Overcome 4) Overpower 5) Overtake 6) Overwhelm 7) Sweep over 8) Whelm 9) Word of purely Anglo origin 10) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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• (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. • (v. t.) To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light. • (v. t.) To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day`s journey or task.
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1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. 'The clouds benight the sky.' (Garth) ... 2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task. 'Some virgin, sure, . . . Benighted in these woods.' (Milton) ... 3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual ...
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Be·night' (be*nīt')
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Benighted ;
present participle & verbal noun Benighting .]
1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [ Archaic] « The...
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[
v] - overtake with darkness or night 2. [v] - envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
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bedim verb make difficult to perceive by sight; `The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake`
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verb envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; `The benighted peoples of this area`
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