obumbrate
Americanverb (used with object)
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of obumbrate
First recorded in 1505–15; from Latin obumbrātus, past participle of obumbrāre; see obumbrant, -ate 1
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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
And what had so far obumbrated the Rambler's powers of ratiocination, it is not easy to guess.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
My eyes before vsed to such obumbrated darkenes, could scarse abide to behould the light, thorow watery sadnes.
From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert
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