ppl. a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. tenebrāt-us, pa. pple. of tenebrāre to darken, f. tenebræ darkness.] Darkened, dark. So Tenebration, rare–0 [ad. L. telebrātiōn-em: see -ATION], darkening, obscuration.
1492. Ryman, Poems, lxxxv. 3, in Herrig’s Archiv, LXXXIX. 255.
| Truly, the orient Phebus | |
| And the tenebrat nyght | |
| In nature be full different. |
1862. A. J. Cooley, Dict., Tenebration.
1912. Seymour Supercern, Truth Will Out, 30.
| Why will ye veil the glorious sun with an atramental shroud, | |
| Why tenebrate reality with a dark and inky cloud, | |
| Permitting but a tremulous stream of light to glint athrough, | |
| Upon contrivèd idols, of reality in lieu? |
