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obfuscate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obfuscated}; p. pr & vb n. {Obfuscating}.] To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence to confuse; to bewilder. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: obfuscate v : make obscure or unclear [ant: {clarify}]
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