LekhoriLekhoriTo make dark or darker by reducing light.
[…] they [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened […]
To become dark or darker (having less light).
[…] the owl and the bat flew round the darkening trees:
To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
From Middle English derkenen, dirkenen, from Old English *deorcnian, *diercnian (“to darken”), from Proto-West Germanic *dirkinōn (“to darken”), equivalent to dark + -en. Cognate with Scots derken, du...
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Well, I must go in now; and you too: it darkens.