Definitions for: Obfuscate


[v] make obscure or unclear



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Antonyms: clarify, clear up, elucidate

See Also: alter, change

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