obfuscate
21obfuscate — ob·fus·cate || É‘bfÊŒskeɪt / É’b v. confuse; muddle; obscure …
22obfuscate — [ ɒbfʌskeɪt] verb 1》 make unclear or unintelligible. 2》 bewilder (someone). Derivatives obfuscation noun obfuscatory adjective Origin ME: from late L. obfuscat , obfuscare darken …
23obfuscate — v. a. 1. Darken, cloud, obscure. 2. Bewilder, confuse, muddle …
24obfuscate — verb (T) formal to deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand obfuscation, noun (U) ob, noun (U) informal, especially AmE obstetrics and gynaecology …
25obfuscate — v 1. confuse, bewilder, muddle, perplex; puzzle, baffle, confound, fluster, Inf. rattle; stupefy, mystify, disconcert, daze, befuddle, dazzle; jumble, mess up, complicate, scramble, garble. 2. obscure, cloud, fog, smoke, nubilate, blur,… …
26obfuscate — ob·fus·cate …
27obfuscate — ob•fus•cate [[t]ˈɒb fəˌskeɪt, ɒbˈfʌs keɪt[/t]] v. t. cat•ed, cat•ing 1) to confuse 2) to make unclear 3) to darken • Etymology: 1525–35; < LL obfuscāre to darken =ob ob +fuscāre, der. of fuscus dark ob fus•ca′tion, n. ob•fus′ca•to ry kəˌtɔr i …
28obfuscate — v.t. make dark or obscure; confuse. ♦ obfuscatory, a. ♦ obfuscation, n …
29obfuscate — see DUSK …
30obfuscate — v.tr. 1 obscure or confuse (a mind, topic, etc.). 2 stupefy, bewilder. Derivatives: obfuscation n. obfuscatory adj. Etymology: LL obfuscare (as OB , fuscus dark) …