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adj
Covered or darkened as with a cloud; overclouded; obscured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To obscure, to shadow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To make cloudy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: confuse, blur, obscure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: muddy
verb
make less visible or unclear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: obscure, befog, becloud, haze over, fog, cloud, mist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hide, conceal
Narrower terms: overshadow
History
Borrowed from Latin obnūbilātus, perfect passive participle of obnūbilō (“to cover with clouds or fog”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ob- + nūbilō (“be cloudy”), from nūbēs (“cloud”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdh- (“to cover”). By surface analysis, ob- + Latin nubil- + -ate.
