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black⋅en

  [blak-uhn]
Use blacken in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make black; darken.
2. to speak evil of; defame: to blacken a person's reputation.
–verb (used without object)
3. to grow or become black.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see black, -en 1

Related forms:
black⋅en⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. denigrate, smear, slander, villify, libel, traduce, calumniate.
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black·en   (blāk'ən)   
v.   black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens

v.   tr.
  1. To make black.
  2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name.
  3. To coat (fish or meat, for example) with pepper and other spices and then quickly sear in a very hot skillet, thereby producing meat that is black on the outside but tender on the inside.
v.   intr.
To become dark or black: The day blackened into night.
black'en·er n.
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Blacken

Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening.] [See Black, a., and cf. Black, v. t. ]

1. To make or render black.

While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.

2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." --South.

3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.

Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.

Blacken

Black"en\, v. i. To grow black or dark.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : blacken
Spanish: ennegrecer, volverse negro, oscurecerse,
German: schwarz werden,
Japanese: 黒くなる
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