(idiomatic) Completely determined; obstinate.

present participle of bend

A motion or action that bends. / An instance of something being adapted or distorted.

A bench, seat, rail, pew, etc. set aside for mourners and repentant sinners, and is usually found at the front of a revival meeting or evangelical church.

(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.).