benightv.

/bɪˈnʌɪt/

Etymology: < be- prefix 6 + night n.

1. transitive.

a. passive. To be overtaken by the darkness of night (before reaching a place of shelter).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [verb (intransitive)] > be overtaken by night or darkness

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

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1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxv^v The Emperour..was benighted and rode at Ancker.

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 112 When we lay in the fields, or were benighted before we came to oure iourneis end.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 47 I am like to be benighted, for the day is almost spent.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxvii. 171 A gentleman..would rather be benighted, than put up at his house.

1839 T. De Quincey Lake Reminisc. in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 98/2 The tourists were benighted in a forest.

b. active. To involve in the darkness of night; reflexive to hide oneself in the night. rare. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > conceal oneself [verb (reflexive)] > in the night

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1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. vi. 59 She straightway dight Her robes, & did her selfe benight.

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 252 Those bright stars that did adorn our hemisphere, as those dark shades that did benight it, vanish.

1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 63 Benighting even night with its grim limbs.

a. To involve in darkness, to darken, to cloud. Also figurative, of the effect of sorrow, disappointment, etc., upon one's face, prospects, or life.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] > overspread with gloom

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alangec1330

darkena1382

overcloudc1550

overshadow?1602

clouda1616

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un-sunshine1659

gloom1745

sombre1787

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 173 As the Sun does not set to any Nation..God..does not set to thy soule, though he benight it with an affliction.

1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. v. xvi Now jealousie no more benights her face.

1699 S. Garth Dispensary iii. 30 Smouldring Fogs of smoke benight the Fire.

1717 S. Garth in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. 408 The Clouds look heavy, and benight the Sky.

b. To involve in intellectual or moral darkness, in the ‘night’ of error or superstition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > involve in darkness

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bedarken1596

benight1610

midnight1628

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > deprive of enlightenment [verb (transitive)]

obfuscate1536

darken1582

benight1610

cramp1647

benighten1844

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > involve in moral darkness

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1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xi. vii. 414 Nor is the creature euer be nighted, but when the loue of the Creator forsakes him.

1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion lxiii Whose Reason's Light Is clouded o'er, whom Error doth benight.

1712 J. Henley Spectator No. 396. §2 These Portraitures benight the faculties.

1831 J. Wilson Unimore vi. 281 What men..call Religion, now benighting half the earth.

3. To blind, to dazzle; to deprive of vision.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > blind

blendc888

forblendc1175

blindfoldc1320

to put out a person's eyesc1325

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dark?c1400

darken?a1425

quenchc1450

excecate?1540

stark blind1574

beblind1575

douta1616

unsight?1615

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emblind1631

occaecate1664

1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 34 Pale sudden feare..in so great a light, be-nights his eyes.

1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 35 This Cabinet, whose aspect would benight Critick spectators with redundant light.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iii. lvi. 44 O're-fulgent Beams daz'd Eyes benight.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	benight
释义	benightv. /bɪˈnʌɪt/ Etymology: < be- prefix 6 + night n. 1. transitive. a. passive. To be overtaken by the darkness of night (before reaching a place of shelter). ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [verb (intransitive)] > be overtaken by night or darkness benight1560 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > at nightfall > be overtaken by night nighta1470 benight1560 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxv^v The Emperour..was benighted and rode at Ancker. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 112 When we lay in the fields, or were benighted before we came to oure iourneis end. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 47 I am like to be benighted, for the day is almost spent. View more context for this quotation 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxvii. 171 A gentleman..would rather be benighted, than put up at his house. 1839 T. De Quincey Lake Reminisc. in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 98/2 The tourists were benighted in a forest. b. active. To involve in the darkness of night; reflexive to hide oneself in the night. rare. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > conceal oneself [verb (reflexive)] > in the night benight1654 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. vi. 59 She straightway dight Her robes, & did her selfe benight. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 252 Those bright stars that did adorn our hemisphere, as those dark shades that did benight it, vanish. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 63 Benighting even night with its grim limbs. 2. a. To involve in darkness, to darken, to cloud. Also figurative, of the effect of sorrow, disappointment, etc., upon one's face, prospects, or life. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] > overspread with gloom overcastc1300 alangec1330 darkena1382 overcloudc1550 overshadow?1602 clouda1616 benighta1631 un-sunshine1659 gloom1745 sombre1787 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 173 As the Sun does not set to any Nation..God..does not set to thy soule, though he benight it with an affliction. 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. v. xvi Now jealousie no more benights her face. 1699 S. Garth Dispensary iii. 30 Smouldring Fogs of smoke benight the Fire. 1717 S. Garth in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. 408 The Clouds look heavy, and benight the Sky. b. To involve in intellectual or moral darkness, in the ‘night’ of error or superstition. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > involve in darkness bedarka1393 bedarken1596 benight1610 midnight1628 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > deprive of enlightenment [verb (transitive)] obfuscate1536 darken1582 benight1610 cramp1647 benighten1844 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > involve in moral darkness benight1610 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xi. vii. 414 Nor is the creature euer be nighted, but when the loue of the Creator forsakes him. 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion lxiii Whose Reason's Light Is clouded o'er, whom Error doth benight. 1712 J. Henley Spectator No. 396. §2 These Portraitures benight the faculties. 1831 J. Wilson Unimore vi. 281 What men..call Religion, now benighting half the earth. 3. To blind, to dazzle; to deprive of vision. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > blind blendc888 forblendc1175 blindfoldc1320 to put out a person's eyesc1325 blinda1400 dark?c1400 darken?a1425 quenchc1450 excecate?1540 stark blind1574 beblind1575 douta1616 unsight?1615 benight1621 emblind1631 occaecate1664 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 34 Pale sudden feare..in so great a light, be-nights his eyes. 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 35 This Cabinet, whose aspect would benight Critick spectators with redundant light. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iii. lvi. 44 O're-fulgent Beams daz'd Eyes benight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † benightadv. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: by night at night n. and int. Phrases 2a(b). Etymology: Variant of by night at night n. and int. Phrases 2a(b), with reduction of the first element (compare forms at by prep. and adv.). Obsolete. By night, ere night. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [adverb] nightseOE on nightOE in (also of, on, upon) the nightOE by nightlOE on (also in) nightslOE a-nightc1175 a-nightsc1175 at nightc1300 within nightc1400 a-nightertime?a1439 a nighttimes1567 at nights1581 nightly1597 benight1642 nocturnally1812 night-times1851 nitely1970 1642 Gen. Preston in Carte Coll. (1735) 120 I will not trouble your Lordship with more benight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.1560adv.1642
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benightv.

† benightadv.