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

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)

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

Now sorrowing King and Queen, as midday booms, The hushed Fane enter, while o'er mourners black, Grey soldier, choral white, quick gleams and glooms Of sun and shadow darkle and sparkle back.

From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval

Stars, for my mariner sparkle, As the nights darkle!

From Targum by Borrow, George Henry

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

From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo