单词 | obnebulate |
释义 | † obnebulatev. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.). transitive. To obscure with or as with a mist; to befog, cloud. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.c1540 |
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