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night

night \'ni-t\ n [ME, fr. OE niht; akin to OHG naht night, L noct-, nox,] Gk 
   nykt-, nyx 1: the time from dusk to dawn when no light of the sun is 
   visible  2a: an evening or night taken as an occasion or point of time  2b: 
   an evening set aside for a particular purpose  3a: DARKNESS  3b: a 
   condition or period felt to resemble the darkness of night; as  3b1: a 
   period of dreary inactivity or affliction  3b2: mental or moral darkness  
   3c: the beginning of darkness : NIGHTFALL  - night aj