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obumbrate

American

[ob-uhm-breyt] / ɒbˈʌm breɪt /

verb (used with object)

obumbrated, obumbrating

to darken, overshadow, or cloud.

adjective

Obsolete. overshadowed, darkened.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

obumbration

noun

Etymology

Origin of obumbrate

First recorded in 1505–15; from Latin obumbrātus, past participle of obumbrāre; see obumbrant, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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His nefarious repercussion of obloquy must contaminate, and obumbrate, and who can tell but it may even aberuncate his feculent and excrementitious celebrity.

From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous

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