Complete Definition of "benight"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪt|-aɪt

Verb
en-verb

  1. context|of a traveller etc To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination
  2. To darken

Derived terms
benighted

References
OED 2nd edition 1989

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