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Webster 1913 Edition
Obfuscate
Ob-fus′cate
,Adj.
[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.
Ob-fus′cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Obfuscated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Obfuscating
.] 1.
To darken; to obscure; to becloud.
2.
Hence:
To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.
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.
Clouds of passion which might
obfuscate
the intellects of meaner females. Sir. W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Obfuscate
OBFUS'CATE
,Verb.
T.