bedarkenv.

Brit.

/bᵻˈdɑːk(ə)n/, U.S.

/bəˈdɑrkən/,

/biˈdɑrkən/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: be- prefix, darken v.

Etymology: < be- prefix + darken v. Compare earlier bedark v.

Chiefly literary and poetic. Now rare.

transitive. To envelop (something) in darkness; to make dark (in various senses). Frequently figurative: to obscure; to deprive of knowledge or enlightenment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > involve in darkness

bedarka1393

bedarken1596

benight1610

midnight1628

1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B6^v Boughes shall fan awaie Titans bright beames, bedarkning all the daie.

1655 F. Teate Scripture-map Wildernesse of Sin ii. xix. 191 His [sc. Satan] businesse is..not onely to bedarken all that is within thee, but to cloud the face of mercy.

1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde ii. iii. ii Guilt bedarkens and confounds the mind of man.

1858 Songs Edinb. Angling Club 21 Rain-clouds bedarken the sky.

1886 Star (St. Peter Port, Guernsey) 2 Mar. O welcome then, ye playful ways, And sunshine of the early days, And banish to the clouds above Dull reason, that bedarkens love.

1992 Canad. Jrnl. Sociol. 17 34 A manner of discourse singularly ill-suited to dispel the clouds of bias, ignorance, and error which bedarken clear thinking.

Derivatives

beˈdarkened adj. made dark (in various senses); esp. (figurative) obscured; unenlightened.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > darkened

darked?c1425

forderked1513

darkened1565

nighted1604

bedarkened1655

endarkened1744

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective]

thestera900

thestria900

blindc1000

darkc1350

lightless?1406

obscurea1500

mistya1522

blinded1535

unilluminated1579

unlightened1587

stone-blind1596

endarkened1612

dark1628

benighted1637

unenlightened1650

bedarkened1655

unirradiated1792

darkened1856

1655 F. Teate Scripture-map Wildernesse of Sin ii. xvii. 177 Bewildred and bedarkned sinners, fall they know not when; suddainly, or ever they are aware.

1833 H. Coleridge Poems I. 54 Sweet snatches of delight That visit our bedarken'd day.

1895 Jrnl. Cork. Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. 1 370 The brightness of a star above the bedarkened horizon.

2002 U.S. Catholic Historian 20 107 [The] author wrote for Continuum at the invitation of the tenebrously bedarkened editor of that journal.

beˈdarkening adj. that makes a person or thing dark (in various figurative senses).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective] > causing ignorance

misty1509

bedarkening1810

1810 R. Southey in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1808 1 i. 8 It is still the same bedarkened and bedarkening superstition.

1847 H. Taylor Eve of Conquest 36 If thou cast reproachful looks On sports bedarkening custom erst allowed.

1937 Q. Rev. Mich. Alumnus Winter 421/1 With no burden of care and little of work, and without any bedarkening thought that those spacious days would ever pass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	bedarken
释义	bedarkenv. Brit. /bᵻˈdɑːk(ə)n/, U.S. /bəˈdɑrkən/, /biˈdɑrkən/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: be- prefix, darken v. Etymology: < be- prefix + darken v. Compare earlier bedark v. Chiefly literary and poetic. Now rare. transitive. To envelop (something) in darkness; to make dark (in various senses). Frequently figurative: to obscure; to deprive of knowledge or enlightenment. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > involve in darkness bedarka1393 bedarken1596 benight1610 midnight1628 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B6^v Boughes shall fan awaie Titans bright beames, bedarkning all the daie. 1655 F. Teate Scripture-map Wildernesse of Sin ii. xix. 191 His [sc. Satan] businesse is..not onely to bedarken all that is within thee, but to cloud the face of mercy. 1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde ii. iii. ii Guilt bedarkens and confounds the mind of man. 1858 Songs Edinb. Angling Club 21 Rain-clouds bedarken the sky. 1886 Star (St. Peter Port, Guernsey) 2 Mar. O welcome then, ye playful ways, And sunshine of the early days, And banish to the clouds above Dull reason, that bedarkens love. 1992 Canad. Jrnl. Sociol. 17 34 A manner of discourse singularly ill-suited to dispel the clouds of bias, ignorance, and error which bedarken clear thinking. Derivatives beˈdarkened adj. made dark (in various senses); esp. (figurative) obscured; unenlightened. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > darkened darked?c1425 forderked1513 darkened1565 nighted1604 bedarkened1655 endarkened1744 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective] thestera900 thestria900 blindc1000 darkc1350 lightless?1406 obscurea1500 mistya1522 blinded1535 unilluminated1579 unlightened1587 stone-blind1596 endarkened1612 dark1628 benighted1637 unenlightened1650 bedarkened1655 unirradiated1792 darkened1856 1655 F. Teate Scripture-map Wildernesse of Sin ii. xvii. 177 Bewildred and bedarkned sinners, fall they know not when; suddainly, or ever they are aware. 1833 H. Coleridge Poems I. 54 Sweet snatches of delight That visit our bedarken'd day. 1895 Jrnl. Cork. Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. 1 370 The brightness of a star above the bedarkened horizon. 2002 U.S. Catholic Historian 20 107 [The] author wrote for Continuum at the invitation of the tenebrously bedarkened editor of that journal. beˈdarkening adj. that makes a person or thing dark (in various figurative senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective] > causing ignorance misty1509 bedarkening1810 1810 R. Southey in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1808 1 i. 8 It is still the same bedarkened and bedarkening superstition. 1847 H. Taylor Eve of Conquest 36 If thou cast reproachful looks On sports bedarkening custom erst allowed. 1937 Q. Rev. Mich. Alumnus Winter 421/1 With no burden of care and little of work, and without any bedarkening thought that those spacious days would ever pass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < v.1596
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