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