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infuscate

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in⋅fus⋅cate

  [in-fuhs-keyt, -kit]
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–adjective Entomology.
darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
Also, in⋅fus⋅cat⋅ed.

Origin:
1640–50; < L infuscātus ptp. of infuscāre to darken, discolor. See in- 2 , fuscous, -ate 1
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infuscate

verb
darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings 
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