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obumbrate

[ob-uhm-breyt]

verb (used with object)

1.

to darken, overshadow, or cloud.

adjective

2.

Obsolete. overshadowed, darkened.

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Origin:
1505–15; < obumbrātus, past participle of obumbrāre; see obumbrant, -ate¹

Related forms

ob·um·bra·tion, noun

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