▪ I. beˈnighting, vbl. n.
[f. benight + -ing1.]
The fact of being benighted or overtaken by night away from shelter.
| a 1639 W. Whately Prototypes ii. xxvi. (1640) 90 To meet with such kinde of accidents, as benighting. 1819 L. Hunt Indicator, No. 8 (1822) I. 60 Spenser..seems to have taken the idea of a benighting from Apollonius. |
▪ II. beˈnighting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That benights or involves in darkness.
| 1649 Dryden Death Ld. Hastings 50 That veil which shrouds Our day-spring in so sad benighting clouds. |