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Had The Temerity To Acquire Knowledge And Became Dim Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DARKENED which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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99%8Exact Match!
adjective satellite

• (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time

• become or made dark by lack of light

39%7To acquire or acquire knowledge or experience
verb

• make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

• work out

• gain through experience

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• change the use of and make available or usable

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• create by training and teaching

• be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

• grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

• become technologically advanced

• cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development

• generate gradually

• grow emotionally or mature

• make visible by means of chemical solutions

• superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry

• move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions

• move into a strategically more advantageous position

• elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme

• happen

• expand in the form of a series

31%5Acquire knowledge
verb

• gain knowledge or skills

• get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

• commit to memory; learn by heart

• be a student of a certain subject

• impart skills or knowledge to

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

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Acquire knowledge
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Became dim
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Has the temerity
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Knowledge, or a means to acquire it
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Temerity
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To acquire or acquire knowledge or experience
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With temerity or effrontery

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