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obum·brate
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Obumbrateverb
To shade; to cloud.
Etymology: obumbro, Lat.
The rays of royal majesty reverberated so strongly upon Villerio, dispelled all those clouds which did hang over and obumbrate him. James Howell, Vocal Forest.
Webster Dictionary
Obumbrateverb
to shade; to darken; to cloud
Etymology: [L. obumbratus, p. p. of obumbrare to overshadow, cloud; ob + umbrare to shade.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Obumbrate
ob-um′brāt, v.t. to overshadow, to darken.—adj. lying under some projecting part, as the abdomen of certain spiders.—adj. Obum′brant, overhanging. [L. obumbrāre, -ātum, to overshadow.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obumbrate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obumbrate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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