verb · intransitive · rare

obfuscate

obfuscate · obfuscates · obfuscated · obfuscating

збивати з пантелику, затьмарювати, затемнювати, заплутувати

сбить с толку, сбивать с толку, запутать, затемнить

verdunkeln, dunkel machen, verschleiern, verfinstern

To make dark; to overshadowTo make dark; to overshadow.

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UK/ˈɒbfəskeɪt/US/ˈɑbfəskeɪt/

» The meaning of this practice was obfuscated by centuries of the practitioners' subjective interpretations.

На протяжении веков значение этой практики было затуманено субъективными интерпретациями практикующих.

Meaning

3 senses

To make dark; to overshadow.
verfinstern, verdunkeln, dunkel machen
затемня́тьzatemnjátʹ, затемни́тьzatemnítʹ
затемнюватиzatemnjuvaty, затьмарюватиzatʹmarjuvaty
make obscure or unclear
To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
obfuscate facts
Can weakness be really obfuscated?
verdunkeln, verschleiern
запу́тыватьzapútyvatʹ, запу́татьzapútatʹ, сбива́ть с то́лкуsbivátʹ s tólku
заплутуватиzaplutuvaty, збивати з пантеликуzbyvaty z pantelyku
To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.
obfuskieren

Examples

3 sentences

The meaning of this practice was obfuscated by centuries of the practitioners' subjective interpretations.
ruНа протяжении веков значение этой практики было затуманено субъективными интерпретациями практикующих.
CC BY · Tatoeba · shanghainese · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Everyone seems to love to obfuscate the Holocaust.
CC0 · Tatoeba · shekitten · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Don't obfuscate the reality of what happened in the Holocaust by drawing exaggerated comparisons.
CC0 · Tatoeba · shekitten · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

make dark:

make confusing:

Русский

By meaning 2

make dark:

make confusing:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

make dark:

make confusing:

alter code:

Origin

The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borro

The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).

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