† nightenv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To grow dark; to become night.In quot. 1561 with non-referential it as subject.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > at nightfall
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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
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to fall ona1450
nighten1561
gloom1595
gloam1819
dusken1870
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to shut down1880
1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation i. vii. sig. B i To them it nyghteneth three houres soner then vnto vs in Spaine.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Eiiiv/2 To Nighten, aduesperascere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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