- becloud
- transitive verb
Date: 1598
1. to obscure with or as if with a cloud
2. to prevent clear perception or realization of ; muddle <prejudices that becloud his judgment>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
becloud
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Becloud — Be*cloud , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beclouded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beclouding}.] To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud. [1913 Webster] If thou becloud the sunshine of thine eye. Quarles. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
becloud — index blind (obscure), camouflage, confound, cover (conceal), disguise, muddle, obfuscate … Law dictionary
becloud — (v.) 1590s, from BE (Cf. be ) + CLOUD (Cf. cloud). Figurative sense of to obscure is recorded from 1610s. Related: Beclouded; beclouding … Etymology dictionary
becloud — cloud, eclipse, fog, befog, dim, bedim, *obscure, darken, obfuscate Analogous words: *confuse, muddle, addle, befuddle: *puzzle, perplex, distract … New Dictionary of Synonyms
becloud — [bē kloud′, bikloud′] vt. 1. to cloud over; darken 2. to confuse; muddle … English World dictionary
becloud — /bəˈklaʊd/ (say buh klowd), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) 1. to darken or obscure with clouds. 2. to make confused: becloud the argument. {be + cloud} …
becloud — v.tr. 1 obscure (becloud the argument). 2 cover with clouds … Useful english dictionary
becloud — /bi klowd /, v.t. 1. to darken or obscure with clouds. 2. to make confused: Angry words beclouded the issue. [1590 1600; BE + CLOUD] Syn. 2. confuse, obscure, befog, obfuscate, muddle. * * * … Universalium
becloud — verb a) cause to become obscure or muddled b) cover or surround with clouds … Wiktionary
becloud — Synonyms and related words: addle, addle the wits, ball up, bedarken, bedazzle, bedim, befog, befuddle, begloom, bemist, bewilder, black, black out, blacken, blanket, blind, block the light, blot out, blur, bother, brown, bug, camouflage, cast a… … Moby Thesaurus
