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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•fus•cate /ˈɑbfəˌskeɪt, ɑbˈfʌskeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to confuse; make unclear:You are deliberately obfuscating the issue.
ob•fus•ca•tion, n. [uncountable] ob•fus•ca•to•ry /ɑbˈfʌskəˌtɔri/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•fus•cate (ob′fə skāt′, ob fus′kāt),USA pronunciation v.t., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- to make obscure or unclear:to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.
- to darken.
- Late Latin obfuscātus (past participle of obfuscāre to darken), equivalent. to Latin ob- ob- + fusc(us) dark + -ātus -ate1
- 1525–35;
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged muddle, perplex.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cloud.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clarify.
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