obumbrate
1 of 2adjective
obsolete
: darkened by or as if by shadow
obumbrate
2 of 2transitive verb
ob·um·brate
äˈbəmˌbrāt
-ed/-ing/-s
1
: shade, darken, cloud
2
archaic : adumbrate
obumbration noun
ˌäˌbəmˈbrāshən
plural -s
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Latin obumbratus, past participle of obumbrare to overshadow, from ob- to, over + umbrare to shade, from umbra shadow
Transitive verb
Latin obumbratus, past participle of obumbrare
- decillions
- decillionths
- decimal
- decimal arithmetic
- decimal classification
- decimal fraction
- decimal measure
- decimal notation
- decimal place
- decimal point
- decimal system
- decimalisation
- decimalisations
- decimalise
- decimalised
- decimalises
- decimalising
- decimalists
- decimalization
- decimalizations
- decimalize
- decimalized
- decimalizes
- decimalizing
- decimally