English
Verb
swarten (third-person singular simple present swartens, present participle swartening, simple past and past participle swartened)
- (transitive) to make swart or dark; darken
- 1814, Adolphe Thiers, Historical Works:
- Clad in rags, swartened by the sun, irritable, arrogant, and having at their head officers [...]
- (intransitive) to become dark; darken