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adj
Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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adj
Overshadowed, darkened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete
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verb
To shade; to darken; to cloud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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verb
To foreshadow, prefigure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
past participle of obumbrate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
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History
Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
