undarkenv.
(un- prefix2 1a.)
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (transitive)] > brighten
brightOE
polisha1382
schirka1400
sheerc1400
esclarish1546
brighten1567
to set up1588
undarken1598
embright1605
embrighten1610
resplendour1632
undarka1644
elucidate1675
vivify1791
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Stenebrare, to..cleare vp, to vndarken.
1870 W. Stokes tr. Adamnán's Vision 9 Chief lights irradiating and undarkening the City.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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v.1598- in the very loose
- in the very nick
- in the vicinage
- in the vicinage of
- in the vicinity
- in the vicinity of
- in the viron of
- in the virtue of
- in the wake of
- in the wake of a vessel
- in the wane
- in the wane of the moon
- in the waniand
- in the want of
- in the warm
- in the wash
- in the waxand
- in the way
- in the way of
- in the way of honesty
- in the way of marriage
- in the wearing
- in the weather
- in the weeds
- in the west