Obfuscate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obfuscated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Obfuscating}.]
     1. To darken; to obscure; to becloud.
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     2. Hence: To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.
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              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.
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              Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the
              intellects of meaner females.         --Sir. W.
                                                    Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  obfuscate
       v : make obscure or unclear [ant: {clarify}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "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