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ob·fus·cate

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TRANSITIVE VERB:
ob·fus·cat·ed , ob·fus·cat·ing , ob·fus·cates

To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made . . . to obscure or obfuscate the truth" (Robert Conquest).
To render indistinct or dim; darken: The fog obfuscated the shore.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin obfuscre , obfusct-, to darken : ob-, over ; see ob- + fuscre, to darken (from fuscus, dark)

OTHER FORMS:
obfus·cation (Noun), ob·fusca·tory (

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