obnubilate

ob·nu·bi·late

O5012950 (ŏb-no͞o′bə-lāt′, -nyo͞o′-)tr.v. ob·nu·bi·lat·ed, ob·nu·bi·lat·ing, ob·nu·bi·lates 1. To darken or obscure with clouds; becloud: a storm that obnubilated the sky.2. To cause to be unable to think clearly; confuse: Superstition obnubilated their minds.3. To make hard to understand or follow; obscure: an important idea that was obnubilated by poor writing.

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[Latin obnūbilāre, obnūbilāt- : ob-, against, in the way of; see epi in Indo-European roots + nūbilāre, to become cloudy (from nūbilus, cloudy, from nūbēs, cloud).]

obnubilate

(ɒbˈnjuːbɪˌleɪt) vb (tr) literary to darken or obscure[C16: ultimately from Latin obnūbilāre to cover with clouds, from nubes cloud]

obnubilate

Past participle: obnubilated
Gerund: obnubilating

Imperative
obnubilate
obnubilate

Present
I obnubilate
you obnubilate
he/she/it obnubilates
we obnubilate
you obnubilate
they obnubilate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	obnubilate - make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"becloud, befog, fog, haze over, obscure, mist, cloudconceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"overshadow - cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"
	2.	obnubilate - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"obscure, blur, confusealter, 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"confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"muddy - cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction"