darkened
(adjective) become or made dark by lack of light; “a darkened house”; “the darkened theater”
darkened
(adjective) (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time; “the darkened margins of the paper”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
darkened
simple past tense and past participle of darken
darkened (not comparable)
Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light
• de-ranked, deranked, endarked
Source: Wiktionary
Dark"en, v. t. [Imp. & p. p. Darkened; p. pr. & vb. n. Darkening.] Etym: [AS. deorcian. See Dark, a.]
1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton.
2. To render dim; to deprive of vision. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Rom. xi. 10.
3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible. Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight. Bacon. Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge Job. xxxviii. 2.
4. To cast a gloom upon. With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. Shak.
5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. I must not think there are Evils enough to darken all his goodness. Shak.
Dark"en, v. i.
Definition: To grow or darker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
