The Collaborative International Dictionary
Benighting
benight \be*night"\ (b[-e]*n[imac]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Benighting.]
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To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic]
The clouds benight the sky.
--Garth. -
To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.
Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods.
--Milton. -
To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ?
--Heber.
Wiktionary
benighting
vb. (present participle of benight English)
Usage examples of "benighting".
Nothing, nothing, nothing but golden sunshine and a sky as blue as the benighting fog of Beatus.