obfuscate

ob·fus·cate

O0007300 (ŏb′fə-skāt′, ŏb-fŭs′kāt′)tr.v. ob·fus·cat·ed, ob·fus·cat·ing, ob·fus·cates 1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made ... to obscure or obfuscate the truth" (Robert Conquest).2. To render indistinct or dim; darken: The fog obfuscated the shore.

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[Latin obfuscāre, obfuscāt-, to darken : ob-, over; see ob- + fuscāre, to darken (from fuscus, dark).]

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ob′fus·ca′tion n.ob·fus′ca·to′ry (ŏb-fŭs′kə-tôr′ē, əb-) adj.

obfuscate

(ˈɒbfʌsˌkeɪt) vb (tr) 1. to obscure or darken2. to perplex or bewilder[C16: from Latin ob- (intensive) + fuscāre to blacken, from fuscus dark] ˌobfusˈcatory adj

ob•fus•cate

(ˈɒb fəˌskeɪt, ɒbˈfʌs keɪt)

v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. 1. to confuse. 2. to make unclear. 3. to darken. [1525–35; < Late Latin obfuscāre to darken =ob- ob- + fuscāre, derivative of fuscus dark] ob`fus•ca′tion, n. ob•fus′ca•to`ry (-kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.

obfuscate

Past participle: obfuscated
Gerund: obfuscating

Imperative
obfuscate
obfuscate

Present
I obfuscate
you obfuscate
he/she/it obfuscates
we obfuscate
you obfuscate
they obfuscate

Preterite
I obfuscated
you obfuscated
he/she/it obfuscated
we obfuscated
you obfuscated
they obfuscated

Present Continuous
I am obfuscating
you are obfuscating
he/she/it is obfuscating
we are obfuscating
you are obfuscating
they are obfuscating

Present Perfect
I have obfuscated
you have obfuscated
he/she/it has obfuscated
we have obfuscated
you have obfuscated
they have obfuscated

Past Continuous
I was obfuscating
you were obfuscating
he/she/it was obfuscating
we were obfuscating
you were obfuscating
they were obfuscating

Past Perfect
I had obfuscated
you had obfuscated
he/she/it had obfuscated
we had obfuscated
you had obfuscated
they had obfuscated

Future
I will obfuscate
you will obfuscate
he/she/it will obfuscate
we will obfuscate
you will obfuscate
they will obfuscate

Future Perfect
I will have obfuscated
you will have obfuscated
he/she/it will have obfuscated
we will have obfuscated
you will have obfuscated
they will have obfuscated

Future Continuous
I will be obfuscating
you will be obfuscating
he/she/it will be obfuscating
we will be obfuscating
you will be obfuscating
they will be obfuscating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been obfuscating
you have been obfuscating
he/she/it has been obfuscating
we have been obfuscating
you have been obfuscating
they have been obfuscating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been obfuscating
you will have been obfuscating
he/she/it will have been obfuscating
we will have been obfuscating
you will have been obfuscating
they will have been obfuscating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been obfuscating
you had been obfuscating
he/she/it had been obfuscating
we had been obfuscating
you had been obfuscating
they had been obfuscating

Conditional
I would obfuscate
you would obfuscate
he/she/it would obfuscate
we would obfuscate
you would obfuscate
they would obfuscate

Past Conditional
I would have obfuscated
you would have obfuscated
he/she/it would have obfuscated
we would have obfuscated
you would have obfuscated
they would have obfuscated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

obfuscate - make obscure or unclear alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

obfuscate

verb (Formal) obscure, confuse, cloud, blur, cover, screen, hide, disguise, conceal, veil, darken, muddy the waters of, befog, throw a veil over They are deliberately obfuscating the issue.

obfuscate

verbTo make dim or indistinct:becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shadow.

Translations

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