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▪ I. obˈfuscate, ppl. a. Now rare or Obs.
[ad. L. obfuscāt-us (also offuscātus), pa. pple. of obfuscāre: see next. Cf. the later variant offuscate.]
Darkened, obscured, obfuscated (lit. and fig.).
1531Elyot Gov. ii. vii, The vertues beynge in a cruell persone be..obfuscate or hyd. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 173 Obfuscat wes thair honour and thair name. 1600E. Blount Hosp. Inc. Fooles 25 Their disturbed braine..obfuscate understanding. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iii. iv. (1651) 482 A very obfuscate and obscure sight. 1888Pall Mall G. 14 Feb. 11/2 Even the Tories, in their stupid and obfuscate way, are conscious of the fact.
▪ II. obfuscate, v.|əbˈfʌskeɪt, ˈɒbfʌskeɪt|
[f. L. obfuscāt-, ppl. stem of obfuscāre to darken, obscure, f. ob- (ob- 1 b) + fuscāre to darken, fuscus dark. See also the later form offuscate.]
1. trans. To darken, obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to overshadow or eclipse; to make dark or dusky. Now rare.
1650Earl of Monmouth tr. Senault's Man bec. Guilty 336 [That] a constellation which was in all things inferiour to the Sun, should obfuscate his beauties. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Garden, A Garden should not be obfuscated or darkened. 1734Eames in Phil. Trans. XXXVIII. 255 Atmospheres..so dense..as may suffice to obfuscate..the Light of the Star. a1834Lamb In re Squirrels Misc. Wks. (1871) 421 Rather more obfuscated than your fruit of Seville.
†2. fig. To darken or obscure to the mind or intellectual perception; to deprive of clearness, render obscure; to deprive of lustre or glory, throw into the shade. Obs.
1536Act 28 Hen. VIII, c. 10 The..usurped auctorite of..the pope.. which did obfuscate and wrest goddes holy word. 1623Hexham Tongue-Combat 94 To obfuscate truth, and cause men to..beleeue lyes. 1628Prynne Love-lockes 53 Ecclipsing, obfuscating, and deprauing that naturall and liuely Beauty. 1702Echard Eccl. Hist. (1710) 474 To obfuscate the brightness of the Gospel.
3. To deprive of clearness of perception:
a. to dim (the sight);
b. to darken, obscure (the understanding, judgement, etc.); to darken the understanding of (a person), stupefy, bewilder.
1577Patericke tr. Gentillet (1602) 33 Love of ones selfe obfuscateth and blindeth judgement. 1656W. Coles Art of Simpling xxxii. 115 If his sight be obfuscated and dull. 1729Berkeley Serm. Wks. 1871 IV. 632 Curb..every passion, each whereof inebriates and obfuscates no less than drink or meat. a1862Thoreau Yankee in Canada iii. (1866) 43 The process, not of enlightening, but of obfuscating the mind. 1893Vizetelly Glances back I. xii. 239 He was obfuscated with brandy and water.
Hence obfuscated ppl. a.
1620Venner Via Recta Introd. 6 The Inhabitants..haue turbid and obfuscated spirits. 1792A. Young Trav. France 195 The houses are of an ugly obfuscated brick. 1876J. Weiss Wit, Hum. & Shaks. iii. 79 An obfuscated person who was feeling around in vain to recover his carpet-bag. |