| Verb | 1. | benight - overtake with darkness or night | |
| 2. | benight - envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area" | |
| 3. | benight - make difficult to perceive by sight; "The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake"darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room" | |