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Blacken
Blacken Black"en, v. i. To grow black or dark.
Blacken
Blacken Black"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening.] [See Black, a., and cf. Black, v. t. ] 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope. 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. ``Blackened the whole heavens.' --South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character. Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.
Blackened
Blacken Black"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening.] [See Black, a., and cf. Black, v. t. ] 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope. 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. ``Blackened the whole heavens.' --South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character. Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.
Blackener
Blackener Black"en*er, n. One who blackens.
Blackening
Blacken Black"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening.] [See Black, a., and cf. Black, v. t. ] 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope. 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. ``Blackened the whole heavens.' --South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character. Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.
Slacken
Slack Slack, Slacken Slack"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slacked, Slackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Slacking, Slackening.] [See Slack, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather. 2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent. 3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks. 4. To abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. --Milton. 5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens. 6. To languish; to fail; to flag. 7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.] That through your death your lineage should slack. --Chaucer. They will not of that firste purpose slack. --Chaucer.
Slacken
Slacken Slack"en, n. (Metal.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion. [Written also slakin.]
Slackened
Slack Slack, Slacken Slack"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slacked, Slackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Slacking, Slackening.] [See Slack, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather. 2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent. 3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks. 4. To abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. --Milton. 5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens. 6. To languish; to fail; to flag. 7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.] That through your death your lineage should slack. --Chaucer. They will not of that firste purpose slack. --Chaucer.
Slackening
Slack Slack, Slacken Slack"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slacked, Slackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Slacking, Slackening.] [See Slack, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather. 2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent. 3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks. 4. To abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. --Milton. 5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens. 6. To languish; to fail; to flag. 7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.] That through your death your lineage should slack. --Chaucer. They will not of that firste purpose slack. --Chaucer.

Meaning of Lacken from wikipedia

- Lacken may refer to: Lacken, Austria Lacken, Belgium Lacken, County Mayo, Ireland Lacken, County Wexford, Ireland Lacken, County Wicklow, Ireland Billy...
- Lacken or Lackan (Irish: An Leacain) is a townland and small village in the west of County Wicklow, Ireland, located on the s****s of the Blessington lakes...
- Laeken (French, pronounced [lakɛn]) or Laken (Dutch, pronounced [ˈlaːkə(n)] ) is a residential suburb in the north-western part of the Brussels-Capital...
- Lacken Malateste (born January 5, 1989) is a Tahitian swimmer who has competed at the 2003 Pacific Games. At the 2003 Pacific Games, she won: a gold medal...
- Lacken are a Gaelic football club from County Cavan in Ireland. They are affiliated to Cavan GAA. Lacken Celtic GFC was formed in the 1890s by men who...
- William Joseph Charles Lacken (July 3, 1888 – September 26, 1916) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey player who pla**** for the Montreal Wanderers in the...
- The Lacken Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to horses aged three years only. It is run at Naas over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,206...
- Lacken (Irish: Leacán) is a townland about two miles outside the town of New Ross in County Wexford, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Oldross...
- Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team. Doris was born in Lacken, County Mayo. Doris' first involvement with rugby was with Ballina. He attended...
- competitions. The club is centred on the town of Newport. Named after Paddy Ryan Lacken, and known locally as "The Park". It has four changing rooms (Home on right)...