Blacken Definition

blăkən
blackened, blackening, blackens
verb
blackened, blackening, blackens
To become black or dark.
Webster's New World
To make black; darken.
Webster's New World
To sully or defame.
A scandal that blackened the mayor's name.
American Heritage
To hurt or damage by slander, libel, etc.
To blacken a reputation.
Webster's New World
To coat (fish or meat, for example) with pepper and other spices and then quickly sear in a very hot skillet, thereby producing meat that is black on the outside but tender on the inside.
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Origin of Blacken

  • From black +‎ -en.

    From Wiktionary

Blacken Sentence Examples

  • A Machiavellian tract on the fundamental maxims of Venetian policy (Opinione come debba governarsi la repubblica di Venezia), used by his adversaries to blacken his memory, is undoubtedly not his.

  • Quenstedt (c. 1685) and others - in a controversial interest, to blacken the Calvinists still more - distinguished which articles were " fundamental."

  • Abney and Baker have shown that the pure dry chloride does not blacken when exposed in a vacuous tube to light, and that the blackening is due to absorption of oxygen accompanied by a loss of chlorine.

  • This helps to blacken the image up a bit, without harming the more delicate pencil shading.

  • We also visited the nearby boatyard to book in for a haul-out early next year - to scrub and blacken Rosy's bottom.

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Words Starting With

BBLBLA

Words Ending With

NENKEN

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Words Starting With B and Ending With N

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With B7 Letter Words Ending With N