obfuscate
verb (used with object)
to make unclear or hard to understand, especially deliberately.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Whatever could have obfuscated the brains of Moses, when he omitted to inflict Pharaoh with such exquisite torturers as ants, I cannot imagine.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Ernest Giles