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obfuscate

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒbfəskeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted abcefostuStarts with OEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make obscure or unclear

Word origin

The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).

Used in a sentence

  • obfuscate facts
  • Can weakness be really obfuscated?
  • Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire in order to obfuscate any evidence of his identity.

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