v. Obs. [f. EN-1 + DARKEN v.] trans. To obscure, make dark. lit. and fig.

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1595.  Daniel, Sonn., xxi. My lifes light wholly endarkened is.

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1651.  Bp. Hall, Soliloquies (ed. 2), xii. 38. Light endarkned causeth the greatest darknesse.

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1755.  T. H. Croker, trans. Ariosto’s Orl. Fur., XXXI. l. But soon as Sol from th’ earth endarken’d went.

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