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obumbrate

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɒˈbʌmbreɪt/Sorted abbemortuStarts with OEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. To shade; to darken; to cloud.

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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  • those clouds, which did hang over and thus obumbrate him

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