1. Overtake with darkness or night 
2. Envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
   "The benighted peoples of this area" 
3. Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
   - bedim [archaic]

Derived forms: benights, benighting, benighted

Type of: darken, enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm [archaic], wrap

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