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murken en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English mirkenen, from Old Norse myrkna (“to grow dark”), equivalent to murk + -en.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become murky or dark.
   • With brooding forecast of the brumal blast, And treasures white poured from cold northern stores, A Sabbath restfulness is in the woods, A silent flow in Yarrow's murkened stream; […] 1917, William Steven, Yarrow, page 130:
   • The parking lot was emptying rapidly as all the Labor Day picnic groups headed home in the murkening gloom. 2008, T. David Lee, 108th Street, page 160:

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