Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Blackish; approaching black: as, in lichens, a biatorine exciple is colored or blackening, but not coal-black.
- noun Any preparation used to render the surface of iron, leather, etc., black. See
blacking .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
blacken . - noun The act of turning black in colour; a black stain or mark.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun changing to a darker color
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Examples
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Finally, the vampire can wait no longer, skin blackening and sloughing off his arms.
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Yet one can go too far in blackening the name of a man who did such an excellent job of blackening it on his own.
Usurper: the dark shadow of Victoriano Huerta (1845–1916) 2008
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Yet one can go too far in blackening the name of a man who did such an excellent job of blackening it on his own.
Usurper: the dark shadow of Victoriano Huerta (1845–1916) 2008
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Yet one can go too far in blackening the name of a man who did such an excellent job of blackening it on his own.
Usurper: the dark shadow of Victoriano Huerta (1845–1916) 2008
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Biography, Michael Shelden expended effort in blackening the character of
Orwell still revered figure: Book proves love of author thrives 2003
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I have no resentment of animosity against the gentleman [Jefferson] and abhor the idea of blackening his character or transmitting him in odious colors to posterity.
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I have no resentment of animosity against the gentleman [Jefferson] and abhor the idea of blackening his character or transmitting him in odious colors to posterity.
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I have no resentment of animosity against the gentleman [Jefferson] and abhor the idea of blackening his character or transmitting him in odious colors to posterity.
Recent Activity 2010
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I have no resentment of animosity against the gentleman [Jefferson] and abhor the idea of blackening his character or transmitting him in odious colors to posterity.
Recent Activity 2010
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I have no resentment of animosity against the gentleman [Jefferson] and abhor the idea of blackening his character or transmitting him in odious colors to posterity.
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