Blacken
Pronunciation : Black"en
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Black, a., and cf. Black, v. t. ]
Definition : 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope
2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South.
3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.
Syn. -- To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.
t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Black"en
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To grow black or dark.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913