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ob⋅fus⋅cate
[ob-fuh-skeyt, ob-fuhs-keyt] 
fəˌskeɪt
–verb (used with object), -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
| 1. | to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy. |
| 2. | to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information. |
| 3. | to darken. |
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| ob·fus·cate (ŏb'fə-skāt', ŏb-fŭs'kāt') tr.v. ob·fus·cat·ed, ob·fus·cat·ing, ob·fus·cates
[Latin obfuscāre, obfuscāt-, to darken : ob-, over; see ob- + fuscāre, to darken (from fuscus, dark).] ob'fus·ca'tion n., ob·fus'ca·to'ry (ŏb-fŭs'kə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, əb-) adj. |
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Obfuscate
Ob*fus"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obfuscated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obfuscating.] To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder. 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. Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females. --Sir. W. Scott.
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obfuscate
1536, from L. obfuscatus, pp. of obfuscare "to darken," from ob "over" + fuscare "to make dark," from fuscus "dark."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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