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单词 obnebulate
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obnebulatev.

Forms: 1500s obnebulat, 1500s 1800s obnebulate; Scottish pre-1700 obnebulat.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obnebulat-, obnebulare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin obnebulat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of obnebulare to overcloud (12th cent., 1518 in British sources) < classical Latin ob- ob- prefix + nebula nebula n. Compare obnubilate v. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫbne·biuleit) /ɒbˈnɛbjuːleɪt/.
Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).
transitive. To obscure with or as with a mist; to befog, cloud.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (transitive)] > impair memory
obnebulatec1540
bedim1816
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > obscure
dark?c1400
darken1526
obscure1532
obnebulatec1540
to blur over1581
adumbrate1598
blind1652
mystify1827
darkle1893
c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne sig. Ciijv It doth obfuske and doth obnebulat the memorie.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxxxv Colde reume..doth obnebulate a mannes memory.
1664 A. Pitcairne Spiritual Sacrifice 221 Some mist and darkness may so obnebulat the ayr.
1834 H. O'Brien Round Towers Irel. 120 So punctilious was their regard to euphony, they scrupled not to cancel, or otherwise obnebulate the essential..letters of the primitive words.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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