Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
make obscure or unclear;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, a. [L. obfuscatus, p. p. of obfuscare
to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken,
from fuscus dark.]
Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also
offuscate.] --Sir. T. Elyot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obfuscated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Obfuscating.]
1. To darken; to obscure; to becloud.
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2. Hence: To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.
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His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and
the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all
obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter.
--Sterne.
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Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the
intellects of meaner females. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
obfuscate
v 1: make obscure or unclear [ant: clarify, clear up,
elucidate]