blacken

  1. Verb.  To make black.
  2. Verb.  To make dirty.
  3. Verb.  To defame or sully.
  4. Verb.  To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To become black.

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