† nightenv.

Forms: 1500s nighten, 1500s nyghten.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: night n., -en suffix⁵.

Etymology: < night n. + -en suffix⁵.

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To grow dark; to become night.In quot. 1561 with non-referential it as subject.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > at nightfall

nighta1393

nighten1561

gloom1595

advesperate1623

gloam1819

dusken1870

dusk1876

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > become evening [verb (intransitive)] > fall (of night) or grow dark

fallOE

nightc1440

to fall ona1450

nighten1561

gloom1595

gloam1819

dusken1870

dusk1876

to shut down1880

1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation i. vii. sig. B i To them it nyghteneth three houres soner then vnto vs in Spaine.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Eiii^v/2 To Nighten, aduesperascere.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	nighten
释义	† nightenv. Forms: 1500s nighten, 1500s nyghten. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: night n., -en suffix⁵. Etymology: < night n. + -en suffix⁵. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To grow dark; to become night.In quot. 1561 with non-referential it as subject. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > at nightfall nighta1393 nighten1561 gloom1595 advesperate1623 gloam1819 dusken1870 dusk1876 the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > become evening [verb (intransitive)] > fall (of night) or grow dark fallOE nightc1440 to fall ona1450 nighten1561 gloom1595 gloam1819 dusken1870 dusk1876 to shut down1880 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation i. vii. sig. B i To them it nyghteneth three houres soner then vnto vs in Spaine. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Eiii^v/2 To Nighten, aduesperascere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1561
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