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Obnubilate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBNU'BILATE, v.t. [L. obnubilor; ob and nubilo; nubes, mist, cloud.]
To cloud; to obscure.

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]
2: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin obnubilatus, past participle of obnubilare, from ob- in the way + nubilare to be cloudy, from nubilus cloudy, from nubes cloud — more at ob-, nuance Date: 1583 becloud, obscure • obnubilation noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Obnubilate Ob*nu"bi*late, v. t. [L. obnubilatus, p. p. of obnubilare to obscure. See Ob-, and Nubilate.] To cloud; to obscure. [Obs.] --Burton. -- Ob*nu"bi*la"tion, n. [Obs.] --Beddoes.