Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A darkening; the act of darkening; darkness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness.

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  • noun obsolete The act of darkening; darkness.

Etymologies

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Latin obtenebrate to make dark.

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