01 v. t. To make or render black.
imp. & p. p.
Blackened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blackening
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1.
To make or render black.“While the long funerals blacken all the way.” — Pope.
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2.
To make dark; to darken; to cloud.
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3.
To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.