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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley" [syn: obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1601 1. confuse 2. fog, obscure

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (befogged, befogging) 1 confuse; obscure. 2 envelop in fog.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Befog Be*fog", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Befogging.] 1. To involve in a fog; -- mostly as a participle or part. adj. 2. Hence: To confuse; to mystify.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Cover with fog, shroud in fog, wrap in mist. 2. Confuse, mystify, muddle, obfuscate, puzzle, perplex, embarrass, bewilder.

Moby Thesaurus

becloud, bedim, bemist, bewilder, blanket, blind, blur, camouflage, cap, clabber up, cloak, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, conceal, confound, confuse, cover, cover up, curtain, darken, darken over, dim, disguise, dissemble, distract attention from, eclipse, encloud, enmist, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, fog, gloss over, haze, hide, keep under cover, mask, mist, muddy, nubilate, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, occult, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, oversmoke, perplex, pose, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, slur over, smog, smoke, stumble, varnish, veil, whitewash