What does endarken mean?
Endarken means (transitive, rare, chiefly literary) To render dark or darker..
Endarken
/ɪnˈdaɹkɪn/ · verb
Meaning
(transitive, rare, chiefly literary) To render dark or darker..
Definitions by Sense
- (transitive, rare, chiefly literary) To render dark or darker.
- (transitive, chiefly literary) To becloud, obscure, to obfuscate; to confound.
Example Sentences
[…] moral education cannot be […] purely enlightened and enlightening […] it cannot be simply a matter of teaching [people] to calculate the long term profit and the loss, while leaving […] desires to develop independently. It must involve an endarkened and endarkening component, by which [people] are taught precisely to cease [their] calculations, to regard certain paths as forbidden, as places where neither profit nor loss has authority.
Suffer not Satan to endarken your consciences; let brawlings cease, and let unity be seen.
Synonyms for endarken
Antonyms for endarken
Related Words
Word Forms
- endarkens
- endarkening
- endarkened
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for endarken?
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
What is the opposite of endarken?
Possible antonyms include enlighten.
How do you use endarken in a sentence?
[…] moral education cannot be […] purely enlightened and enlightening […] it cannot be simply a matter of teaching [people] to calculate the long term profit and the loss, while leaving […] desires to develop independently. It must involve an endarkened and endarkening component, by which [people] are taught precisely to cease [their] calculations, to regard certain paths as forbidden, as places where neither profit nor loss has authority.
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