Present participle of bedarken; the process of making dark or thoroughly obscuring.
Formed from 'bedarken' with the addition of the '-ing' suffix, showing the ongoing or continuous action of darkening with intensive force.
When you add '-ing' to a word that already has '-en' in it, you get these satisfyingly complex words that show English's gift for nuance—'bedarkening' sounds more poetic and complete than just 'darkening.'
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