Benight

a. [ be and night.] To involve in night or darkne ; to darken; to enshroud with the shades of night. "A storm begins, the raging waves run high, The clouds look heavy, and benight the sky." - Garth . -To overtake with night; to surprise with the coming on of night. "Being benighted , the sight of a candle.. directed me to a young shepherd's home." - Sidney. -To overwhelm in darkne , gloom, or ignorance; to keep from moral or intellectual light. Benign, ( bē - nin ' ,) a. [Fr. bénin , bénigne ; from Lat. benign us-bene, well, and genus , kind; from bonus , good.] Of a good kind or nature; kind; friendly; affectionate; generous; favorable. "We owe more to Heav'n, than to the sword, The wish'd return of so benign a lord." - Waller. -Exhibiting graciousne , kindne , favor. Ben-Law'ers, a mountain of Scotland, in Perth shire adjoining Loch Tay, about 3,948 feet in height, and pro senting an average of 100 feet above all the mountains of the district. Ben-Led'i, a mountain of Scotland, in Perth shire, about 3,000 feet high. Ben-Lom'ond, a mountain of Scotland, in Stir lings hire, the key of the Western Highlands, and standing grand and majestic as the sentinel of Loch Lomond, of which it forms the southern boundary. It is distinguished from other mountains of any altitude in Scot land, in being covered with vegetation to its top, which is 3197 feet from the level of the sea. Ben-Macdhui, (ben-mak- dōō'é ,) in Scotland, is the highest summit of the Cairngorm Mountains, which run between Aberdeen, Banff, and Inverne , and overhangs the southern side of Loch Aven, over which it towers 4,305 feet. "What Heaven bestows upon the earth in kind influences and Ben more Head, in Ireland . See FAIR HEAD. benign aspects." - South . ( Med .) Applied to diseases of a mild character; as, a benign fever. - Also to medicines whose action is not violent.