BENIGHT

benight. Benight, v.i. to involve in night, to darken

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Be‐night″ (bē̍‐nīt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Benighting.] 1. 1. To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
The clouds benight the sky. Garth. 2. 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. 3. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Heber.