Third person singular present tense of bedarken; darkens or thoroughly obscures.
The third person singular form of 'bedarken,' showing how the verb conjugates in modern English while preserving the Middle English intensive 'be-' prefix.
If you see 'it bedarkens the room,' that's an archaic or poetic way to say 'it darkens the room'—the 'be-' prefix gives it an older, more dramatic quality, like reading Shakespeare instead of a textbook.
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