Lexic.us

Definition of Obnubilate

1. Verb. Make less visible or unclear. "The big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

2. Verb. Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred. "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

Definition of Obnubilate

1. v. t. To cloud; to obscure.

Definition of Obnubilate

1. Verb. (obsolete) To obscure, to shadow. ¹

2. Verb. To make cloudy. ¹

3. Adjective. (obsolete) obscured ¹

4. Adjective. cloudy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Obnubilate

1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obnubilate

obloquious obloquoy obloquy obluctation obluctations oblyrate obmutescence obmutescent obnoctious obnoses

obnosis obnoxious obnoxiously obnoxiousness obnoxiousnesses obnubilate (current term) obnubilated obnubilates obnubilating obnubilation

obnubilations obo oboe oboe d'amore oboe da caccia oboeist oboeists oboelike oboes oboist

Literary usage of Obnubilate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1880)
"16, "as la black and thick cloud covers the Bun, and intercepts his beams and light, so doth this melancholy vapour obnubilate the mind, enforce it to many ..."

2. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1917)
"Even "obnubilate," to him with more equanimity if he did to which he also objects, is a perfectly not describe, as "vile English, or good word, on all-fours ..."

Other Resources: