blackener

Variant of blacken

blacken definition

blacken (blak′ən)

intransitive verb

to become black or dark

Etymology: ME blaknen < blak, black

transitive verb

  1. to make black; darken
  2. to hurt or damage by slander, libel, etc. to blacken a reputation

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