| Definitions | | blacken |
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verb
- To make black.
- To make dirty.
- To defame or sully.
- Malice delights to the characters of prominent men. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
- (intransitive)To become black.
- The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.
Translations: - French: noircir
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- Italian: sporcare
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(trans-top, defame, sully)
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(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, cook by coating with pepper and quickly searing)
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(trans-top, become black)
Etymology: (suffix, black, en, ss=3)
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