What does "blacken" mean?
Blacken: To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.
Additional senses
- 2.To grow black or dark.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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