GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Blacken , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening.] [See Black, a., and cf. Black, v. t. ]
   To make or render black.
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   While the long funerals blacken all the way.
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   To make dark; to darken; to cloud. “Blackened the whole heavens.”  
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   To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.
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   Syn. -- To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.
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   Blacken, v. i. To grow black or dark.
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