Blacken \Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blackening.]
[See Black, a., and cf. Black, v.
t. ]
1. To make or render black.
While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.
2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. ``Blackened the whole
heavens.'' --South.
3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as,
vice blackens the character.
Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;
traduce; malign; asperse.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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