darkle

American  

[dahr-kuhl] / ˈdɑr kəl /

verb (used without object)

darkled, darkling

1. to appear dark; show indistinctly.

2. to grow dark, gloomy, etc.

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darkle British  

/ ˈdɑːkəl /

verb

1. to grow dark; darken

2. (intr) to appear dark or indistinct

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Etymology

Origin of darkle

1790–1800; back formation from darkling, adv. taken as present participle

Example Sentences

From him that dream of transport flows, Which sweet intoxication knows; With him, the brow forgets to darkle, And brilliant graces learn to sparkle.

From The Odes of Anacreon by Moore, Thomas

Should It never Curb or cure Aught whatever Those endure Whom It quickens, let them darkle to extinction swift and sure.

From A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry by Various

Canst thou shine now, then darkle, And being latent, feel thyself no less?

From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

A ship glides by, a shadowy form, Faint roseate lights around me sparkle, A gathering mist precedes the storm, And far-off forest tree-tops darkle.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various

There are desolate wastes of cat-briers and witch-hopple under leprous tangles of grey birches, where stealthy little brooks darkle deep under matted d�bris.

From The Slayer Of souls by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)