befog
to envelop in fog or obscurity; becloud: Low-hanging clouds befogged the city.
to render unclear; confuse by irrelevancies or distractions:Petty differences befogged the legislators' task.
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How to use befog in a sentence
All these mysteries that befog us are not mysteries really; they are the mother-tongue of nature.
Soliloquies in England | George SantayanaPartisan politics befog the tariff issue afloat as well as ashore, and one's course is not easy to chart.
The Old Merchant Marine | Ralph D. PaineThe schools, in their general mix-up of titles, certainly befog the public mind.
Their position is strongest when they maintain that these topics have a tendency to befog the intellect.
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts | Andrew LangI think I have read somewhere that the function of present-day criticism is to befog the mind and blur the object criticised.
The Vision Spendid | William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for befog
/ (bɪˈfɒɡ) /
to surround with fog
to make confused, vague, or less clear
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