transitive. figurative. To keep (something) from being understood or remembered; to obscure, eclipse. Also: to spoil or tarnish (something); to…

transitive. To obscure the meaning or intelligibility of (something); to make (something) unclear, confused, or difficult to understand. Now only in…

transitive. To hide (a personal characteristic or quality); to conceal (something immaterial or abstract) from observation or analysis; to…

transitive. To obscure with or as with a mist; to befog, cloud.

to blur out: to efface (writing, etc.) by blurring it. to blur over: to put out of sight, or obscure by a blur. Mostly figurative.

transitive. To overshadow; to shade, obscure (literal and figurative). Now rare.

To hide from the understanding, to obscure; to represent as obscure. Obsolete.

transitive. To obscure the meaning or nature of; to obfuscate.

transitive. figurative. To make (something) obscure or difficult to understand. Obsolete. rare.