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benighten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-night-en
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To benight.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From benight + -en, after enlighten.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

benightens (present, singular) benightening (participle, present) benightened (participle, past) benightened (past)

Questions

What does benighten mean?
To benight.
Where does benighten come from?
From benight + -en, after enlighten.

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