Benight vs Bedight - What's the difference?
benight | bedight |
(label) To overtake with night.
(label) (of a traveller etc) To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination
(label) To darken
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As verbs the difference between benight and bedight
is that benight is (label) to overtake with night while bedight is (archaic) to equip or bedeck.benight
English
Verb
(en verb)- The King with half the East at heel is marched from lands of morning;
- Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benight the air.