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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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)
In the fitful light darkle and gleam the swarthy-hued faces around them.
From Legends of the Northwest by Gordon, Hanford Lennox
And the fire-flies wink and darkle, Crowded swarms that soar and sparkle, And in wildering escort gather!
From Faust by Taylor, Bayard
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
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