nigere Save DMLBS 1 nigēre [cf. CL nigrescere] , to become dark or black in colour. accipies in manu salem tenuem quem in manu feres donec ~eat Adel. MC 84 p. 208. 2 nigĕre [ME nigen, nihen < AS hnægan] , to neigh (in quot of stag). cervorum est ~ere CathA.