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Definitions for obnubilate
ob·nu·bi·late

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mistverb

    make less visible or unclear

    "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

  2. confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilateverb

    make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

    "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

Wiktionary

  1. obnubilateverb

    To obscure, to shadow.

    "There is here fine criticism, classic wit, poetic dreaming, and some grains of sound doctrine, but so obnubilated with the fumes of German metaphysics, that we become giddy" (The Princeton Review, Samuel Coleridge)

  2. obnubilateverb

    To make cloudy.

  3. obnubilateadjective

    obscured

  4. obnubilateadjective

    cloudy

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Obnubilateverb

    To cloud; to obscure.

    Etymology: obnubilo, Latin.

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  1. obnubilate

    Obnubilate is a verb meaning to cover, obscure, darken or cloud over. It can refer to literal obscurity, such as a landscape shrouded in fog, or metaphorical, such as a mind clouded by confusion or doubt.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Obnubilateverb

    to cloud; to obscure

  2. Etymology: [L. obnubilatus, p. p. of obnubilare to obscure. See Ob-, and Nubilate.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of obnubilate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of obnubilate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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