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benight

be·night

Today it means: To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached. Full definition →

Middle English benyghten

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Middle English · inherited frombenyghten
English todaybenight

From Middle English benyghten, binighten, bynyȝten, equivalent to be- + night.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.