darkle
Americanverb (used without object)
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to appear dark; show indistinctly.
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to grow dark, gloomy, etc.
verb
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to grow dark; darken
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(intr) to appear dark or indistinct
Etymology
Origin of darkle
1790–1800; back formation from darkling, adv. taken as present participle
Example Sentences
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Where a fallen sycamore Whitely arches a pathway o'er, And shadows darkle The lambent cool, As, softly a-sparkle.
From Nirvana Days by Rice, Cale Young
Stars, for my mariner sparkle, As the nights darkle!
From Targum by Borrow, George Henry
In the fitful light darkle and gleam the swarthy-hued faces around them.
From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox
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
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