About The Word Obfuscate

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Obfuscate

Obfuscate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Obfuscate?
[v] make obscure or unclear
Synonyms | Synonyms for Obfuscate: Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 Obfuscate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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