(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination. / (obsolete) Plunged into darkness.

simple past tense and past participle of benight

Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it. / (obsolete) A favour or benefit. / (feudal law) An estate in lands; a fief.

To bestow a benefice upon

(originally US) A dish consisting of slices of English muffins with poached eggs, ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.

(transitive) To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic. / (transitive, figuratively) To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.).

A tool used in conjunction with a very long lever, used to bend angles in a conduit that electric wires are placed into.

The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of benzoic acid.

(Britain) In the House of Commons, either of two benches nearest the floor of the chamber, one occupied by the members of the Cabinet and the other by the Shadow Cabinet.