obfuscate
Use Obfuscate in a sentence
fəˌskeɪt, ɒbˈfʌs verb (used with object), ob·fus·cat·ed, ob·fus·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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| —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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Example sentences
Your interpretations are supposed to clarify and improve understanding, not obfuscate issues and confuse lenders.
And still, you obfuscate without addressing the major point of the discussion.
To consider it as a culturally-determined phenomena would obfuscate a biological reality.
The purpose of speaking is to communicate, not to obfuscate.
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