Black"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Blackened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Blackening.] [See Black, a., and cf.
Black, v. t. ] 1. To make or
render black.
While the long funerals blacken all the way.
Pope.
2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud.
"Blackened the whole heavens." South.
3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make
infamous; as, vice blackens the character.
Syn. -- To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;
traduce; malign; asperse.
Black"en, v. i. To grow black or
dark.