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† oˈbumber, v. Obs.
Also 5–6 -bre.
[a. OF. obumbre-r, obombre-r (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. Lat. obumbra-re: see obumbrate.]
1. trans. To overshadow; to shade, obscure.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. xii. 13 For cloddis wol ther germinacioun Obumbre from the coold, & wel defende. [c1420Lydg. Balade Commend. Our Lady 102 Or half the blisse who coude write or tell, Whan the Holy Ghost to thee was obumbred.] c1470Harding Chron. ccxxiii. i, His shadowe so obumbred all England. c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) B j, Many thinges be hid and..with obscure knowledge obumbred. c1550R. Bieston Bayte Fortune B j, And death..at last him doth obumbre.
2. intr. To cast or make a shadow.
a1568in Bannatyne MS. 109/26 The vertew of the Holie Gaist devyne Within thy wame sall obvmbir and schyne. |