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▪ I. † obˈnubilate, ppl. a. Obs. [ad. L. obnūbilāt-us, pa. pple. of obnūbilāre: see next.] Covered or darkened as with a cloud; overclouded; obscured.
1560Rolland Crt. Venus i. 246 In hir net thow art obnubilate. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xix. iv. 758 The reason and sence are both besotted and obnubilate. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Epigr. xxxvi. Wks. ii. 266/1 Mans vnderstanding's so obnubilate. ▪ II. obnubilate, v.|ɒbˈnjuːbɪleɪt| [f. L. obnūbilāt-, ppl. stem of obnūbilāre to cover with clouds or fog. Cf. F. obnubiler, OF. obnubler (12th c. in Godef.).] trans. To darken, dim, cover, or hide with or as with a cloud; to overcloud; to obscure (lit. and fig.).
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1879) 78 As mystes and exhalations..obnubilate and darken the beames of the Sun. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle Cert. Poems (1871) 135 Your false intent faire wordes obnubilate. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. iii. ii. ii, So doth this melancholy vapour obnubilate the mind. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. iv. 196 Clouds obnubilating the Face of Heaven shall skreen the Sun from us. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 461 Until they raise a dust which obnubilates that better light. 1838J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl x. (1860) 93 Your smokers [are] obnubilated in their own clouds. Hence obˈnubilated ppl. a.
1658[see adiaphanous a.]. 1830R. Chambers Life Jas. I, I. ix. 246 He found his mind in that obnubilated state. 1839Raymond in New Monthly Mag. LV. 514 Some narration of ‘himself and times’, whereby his obnubilated patronymic might transpire to the fullest content. 1939E. Pound Let. 7 Nov. (1971) 330, I loathe and always have loathed Indian art... Obnubilated, short curves, muddle, jungle, etc. |