transitive. To make dark, darken; to dim.

transitive. To deprive (a place, the day, etc.) of light; to make dark; = darken, v. 1b. literary and rare in later use.

transitive. To make (something) dark or darker in appearance. Also: to dim (the sight).

transitive. To make (something) dark or darker; to deprive of light; to shut out, obstruct, or diminish the light of.

transitive. To envelop (something) in darkness; to make dark (in various senses). Frequently figurative: to obscure; to deprive of knowledge or…

(transitive) to make totally dark.

transitive. To blacken or darken. Also, to clothe in ‘sables’. Now rare.

To deprive (things) of light; to darken.

transitive. figurative. To make as dark as pitch; to envelop in darkness. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To darken, make dusky. Chiefly poetic.

transitive. To deprive of light or illumination; to darken.