duskenv.
/ˈdʌsk(ə)n/ rare.
a. transitive. To make dusk or obscure.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > make dark or gloomy [verb (transitive)] > make dark, dim, or obscure
duskc1374
to-darkena1382
murkc1425
obscure?a1475
obfusk1490
dusken1550
dusky1567
overdark1568
obtenebrate1578
beveil1582
obfuscate1588
offusque1599
shade1599
slubber1605
dammer1610
offuscate1611
obtenebrize1654
obflisticate1832
subdue1856
darkle1893
1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War 163 The sayd Epigrame was not vtterly defaced, but onely duskened or so rased, that it myght be redde, thoughe..with..difficultie.
b. intransitive. To grow dusk.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > at nightfall
nighta1393
nighten1561
gloom1595
advesperate1623
gloam1819
dusken1870
dusk1876
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > become evening [verb (intransitive)] > fall (of night) or grow dark
fallOE
nightc1440
to fall ona1450
nighten1561
gloom1595
gloam1819
dusken1870
dusk1876
to shut down1880
1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows I. 10 Till twilight duskened into dark.
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