Obnubilate — Ob*nu bi*late, v. t. [L. obnubilatus, p. p. of obnubilare to obscure. See {Ob }, and {Nubilate}.] To cloud; to obscure. [Obs.] Burton. {Ob*nu bi*la tion}, n. [Obs.] Beddoes. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
obnubilate — verb adumbrate, becloud, bedim, blacken, blind, blur, cast a shadow, cloak, cloud, cloud over, conceal, cover, cover up, curtain, darken, dim, disguise, dull, eclipse, encompass with gloom, enshroud, fog, haze, hide, make indistinct, mask,… … Law dictionary
obnubilate — (v.) 1580s, from L. obnibulatus, pp. of obnubilare to cover with clouds or fog, from ob (see OB (Cf. ob )) + verb from L. nubes cloud (see NUANCE (Cf. nuance)). Related: Obnubilated; obnubilating; obnubilation … Etymology dictionary
obnubilate — [äb no͞o′bə lāt΄, äbnyo͞o′bə lāt΄] vt. obnubilated, obnubilating to make unclear, indistinct, vague, etc. [memories obnubilated by the passage of time] obnubilation n … English World dictionary
obnubilate — verb 1. make less visible or unclear The stars are obscured by the clouds the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley • Syn: ↑obscure, ↑befog, ↑becloud, ↑haze over, ↑fog, ↑cloud, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
obnubilate — transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin obnubilatus, past participle of obnubilare, from ob in the way + nubilare to be cloudy, from nubilus cloudy, from nubes cloud more at ob , nuance Date: 1583 becloud, obscure • obnubilation noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
obnubilate — obnubilation, n. /ob nooh beuh layt , nyooh /, v.t., obnubilated, obnubilating. to cloud over; becloud; obscure. [1575 85; < L obnubilatus, ptp. of obnubilare to darken, obscure, equiv. to ob OB + nubilare to become cloudy, v. deriv. of nubilus… … Universalium
obnubilate — 1. verb To make cloudy. 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.… … Wiktionary
obnubilate — É‘b nuËbɪleɪt /É’b v. fog, make hazy, obscure, cloud over … English contemporary dictionary
obnubilate — ob·nu·bi·late … English syllables
obnubilate — 1. To cloud or to obscure 2. To be clouded and obscure … Grandiloquent dictionary
