Definitions for benight
be·night

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. benightverb

   overtake with darkness or night

2. benightverb

   envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness

   "The benighted peoples of this area"

3. benight, bedimverb

   make darker and difficult to perceive by sight

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. benightverb

   To overtake with night.

2. benightverb

   To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination

3. benightverb

   To darken

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Benightverb

   Etymology: from night.

   1. To involve in darkness; to embarrass by want of light; to bring on night.

   He that has light within his own breast,
   May sit i’ th’ centre, and enjoy bright day;
   But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts,
   Benighted walks under the mid-day sun;
   Himself is his own dungeon. John Milton.

   Those bright stars that did adorn our hemisphere, as those dark shades that did benight it, vanish. Boyle.

   But what so long in vain, and yet unknown
   By poor mankind’s benighted wit, is sought,
   Shall in this age to Britain first be shown. John Dryden, Ann. Mir.

   A storm begins, the raging waves run high,
   The clouds look heavy, and benight the sky. Samuel Garth, Ovid.

   The miserable race of men, that live
   Benighted half the year, benumm’d with frosts
   Under the polar Bear. Philips.

   2. To surprise with the coming on of night.

   Being benighted, the sight of a candle I saw a good way off, directed me to a young shepherd’s house. Philip Sidney, b. i.

   Or some benighted angel, in his way,
   Might ease his wings; and, seeing heav’n appear
   In its best work of mercy, think it there. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. benight

   To envelop in darkness or obscurity; to befall with darkness or ignorance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Benightverb

   to involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure

2. Benightverb

   to overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task

3. Benightverb

   to involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BENIGHT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Benight is ranked #131379 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Benight surname appeared 129 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Benight.
   
   89.9% or 116 total occurrences were White.
   4.6% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   3.8% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Darken
   • Envelop
   • Overwhelm

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce benight?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say benight in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of benight in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of benight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=benight
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Benight
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=benight
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benight
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=benight