BENIGHTS
Verb
benights
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benight
Source: Wiktionary
BENIGHT
Be*night", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Benighting.]
1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic] The clouds benight the sky. Garth.
2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task. Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods. Milton.
3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light. Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny Heber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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