bedarkv.
/bᵻˈdɑːk/, U.S. /bəˈdɑrk/, /biˈdɑrk/ poetic. rare.
transitive. To envelop (something) in darkness; to make dark. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > involve in darkness
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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1169 Whan the blake wynter nyht..Bederked hath the water Stronde.
1657 E. Revett Poems 114 A Bosome that bedarks That of the blessed Patriarchs.
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 297 Every mist which..bedarks thee round, I'll take away.
1885 Verities in Verses 15 The week is a Sahara dry and bare, Where swooping dust bedarks the stifling air.
1983 W. A. Evans Mayaad xx. 361 A roll of clouds in hurried drift bedarked The sky and dropped a passing rain and cleared.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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