Benighting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  benight \be*night"\ (b[-e]*n[imac]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Benighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benighting}.]
     1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of
        night; to obscure. [Archaic]
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              The clouds benight the sky.           --Garth.
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     2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the
        end of a day's journey or task.
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              Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from
        intellectual light.
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              Shall we to men benighted
              The lamp of life deny ?               --Heber.
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