v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Benighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Benighting. ] 1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ] The clouds benight the sky. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task. [ 1913 Webster ] Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light. [ 1913 Webster ] Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Heber. [ 1913 Webster ] |