Blacken

imp. & p. p. Blackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening

1. To make or render black.

   While the long funerals blacken all the way.

2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud.
3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.

1. To grow black or dark.