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† inˈtenebrate, v. Obs. [f. late or med.L. type *intenebrāre, f. in- (in-2) + tenebrāre to make dark, f. tenebræ darkness: cf. It. intenebrare ‘to endarken’ (Florio), OF. entenebrer (13th c. in Godef.).] trans. To darken; to render obscure.
1618Wotton in Reliq. (1672) 251 No more then a pretty conjecture intenebrated by Antiquity. 1656Blount Glossogr., To intenebrate (intenebro), to endarken or obscure. So † inteneˈbration, darkening, obscuration.
1656Hobbes 6 Less. iii. Wks. 1845 VII. 240 There is within you some special cause of intenebration. 1658Phillips, Intenebration, a darkning or obscuring. |