Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, a. [L. obfuscatus, p. p. of obfuscare
to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken,
from fuscus dark.]
Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also
offuscate.] --Sir. T. Elyot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obfuscated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Obfuscating.]
1. To darken; to obscure; to becloud.
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2. Hence: To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.
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His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and
the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all
obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter.
--Sterne.
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Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the
intellects of meaner females. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
obfuscate
v : make obscure or unclear [ant: clarify]
WordNet (r) 2.0
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "obfuscate":
adumbrate, becloud, bedarken, bedim, befog, begloom, black,
black out, blacken, blanket, blind, block the light, blot out,
blur, brown, camouflage, cast a shadow, cloak, cloud, cloud over,
complicate, conceal, confuse, corrupt, cover, cover up, curtain,
darken, darken over, deform, dim, dim out, disguise, disorder,
dissemble, distort, distract attention from, eclipse, encloud,
encompass with shadow, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, fog up, garble,
gloom, gloss over, hide, jumble, keep under cover,
make unintelligible, mask, mess up, misadvise, misdirect,
miseducate, misguide, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, misteach,
muddle, murk, mystify, obnubilate, obscure, obumbrate, occult,
occultate, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, pervert, scramble,
screen, shade, shadow, shroud, slur over, somber, unform, unshape,
varnish, veil, whitewash
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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