benight
(verb)
verb
1. overtake with darkness or night
Definition categories: emotion, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, whelm
2. envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
- The benighted peoples of this area
Definition categories: contact, enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap
3. make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
Similar word(s): bedim