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obfuscate

[ob-fuh-skeyt, ob-fuhs-keyt]

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verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.

to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.

to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.

to darken.

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Origin:
1525–35; < Late Latin obfuscātus (past participle of obfuscāre to darken), equivalent to Latin ob- ob- + fusc(us) dark + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

ob·fus·ca·tion, noun

ob·fus·ca·to·ry

[ob-fuhs-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective

un·ob·fus·cat·ed, adjective

Synonyms
1. muddle, perplex. 2. cloud.

Antonyms
1. clarify.

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obfuscate (ˈɒbfʌsˌkeɪt)

—vb
1.	to obscure or darken
2.	to perplex or bewilder

[C16: from Latin ob- (intensive) + fuscāre to blacken, from fuscus dark]

obfus'catory

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

obfuscate

1536, from L. obfuscatus, pp. of obfuscare "to darken," from ob "over" + fuscare "to make dark," from fuscus "dark."

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