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blacken

English

Etymology

From Middle English blaknen, blakkenen, equivalent to black +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?blæk?n/
  • Rhymes: -æk?n

Verb

blacken (third-person singular simple present blackens, present participle blackening, simple past and past participle blackened)

  1. (transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
  2. (intransitive, ergative) To become black.
  3. (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
  4. To defame or sully.
  5. (transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.

Synonyms

  • (make black): black, denigrate
  • (make dirty): dirty, soil
  • (defame): defame, denigrate, sully, taint, tarnish

Translations

blacken From the web:

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besmut

English

Etymology

From be- +? smut. Compare Old English besmittian (to pollute, defile).

Verb

besmut (third-person singular simple present besmuts, present participle besmutting, simple past and past participle besmutted)

  1. (transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.

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