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be⋅cloud

[bi-kloud]
–verb (used with object)
1. to darken or obscure with clouds.
2. to make confused: Angry words beclouded the issue.

Origin:
1590–1600; be- + cloud


2. confuse, obscure, befog, obfuscate, muddle.
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be·cloud   (bĭ-kloud')   
tr.v.   be·cloud·ed, be·cloud·ing, be·clouds
To darken with or as if with clouds; obscure: a development that beclouds the real issues.
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