dark

D'ARK, adjective 1. Destitute of light; obscure. A dark atmosphere is one which prevents vision.2. Wholly or partially black; having the quality opposite to white; as a dark color or substance.3. Gloomy; disheartening; having unfavorable prospects; as a dark time in political affairs.There is in every true woman's heart a spark ofheavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the darkhour of adversity. Irving.4. Obscure; not easily understood or explained; as a dark passage in an author; a dark saying.5. Mysterious; as, the ways of Providence are often dark to human reason.6. Not enlightened with knowledge; destitute of learning and science; rude; ignorant; as a dark age.7. Not vivid; partially black. Leviticus 13:68. Blind.9. Gloomy; not cheerful; as a dark temper.10. Obscure; concealed; secret; not understood; as a dark design.11. Unclean; foul.12. Opake. But dark and opake are not synonymous. Chalk is opake, but not dark 13. Keeping designs concealed.The dark unrelenting Tiberius. Gibbon.D'ARK, noun 1. Darkness; obscurity; the absence of light. We say we can hear in the dark Shall the wonders be known in the dark? Ps.1xxxviii.2. Obscurity; secrecy; a state unknown; as, things done in the dark 3. Obscurity; a state of ignorance; as, we are all in the dark D'ARK, verb transitive 1. To make dark; to deprive of light; as, close the shutters and darken the room.2. To obscure; to cloud.His confidence seldom darkened his foresight.Bacon.3. To make black.The locusts darkened the land. Exodus 10:1.4. To make dim; to deprive of vision.Let their eyes be darkened. Romans 11:10.5. To render gloomy; as, all joy is darkened. Isaiah 24:1.6. To deprive of intellectual vision; to render ignorant or stupid.Their foolish heart was darkened. Romans 1:21.Having the understanding darkened. Ephesians 4:1.7. To obscure; to perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.Who is this that darkeneth counsel by wordswithout knowledge? Job 38:1.8. To render less white or clear; to tan; as, a burning sun darkens the complexion.9. To sully; to make foul