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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Blacken \Black"en\, verb (used without an object) To grow black or dark.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Blacken \Black"en\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Blackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blackening}.] [See {Black}, adjective, and cf. {Black}, v. t. ]
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.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verb
1: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" [syn: {blacken}, {melanize}, {melanise}, {nigrify}, {black}] [ant: {white}, {whiten}]
2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" [syn: {char}, {blacken}, {sear}, {scorch}]
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