Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To grow dusk; dim; become darker.
- To make dark or obscure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To make dusk or obscure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make
dusky orobscure .
Etymologies
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dusk + -en
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Examples
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Against the dusken glow, crossing the moon, the bats silhouette themselves in procession, like a nervous child’s dream of Halloween.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Against the dusken glow, crossing the moon, the bats silhouette themselves in procession, like a nervous child’s dream of Halloween.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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