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becloud - 3 dictionary results

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.
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.

Becloud

Be*cloud"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beclouded; p. pr. & vb. n. Beclouding.] To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud.

If thou becloud the sunshine of thine eye. --Quarles.
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