Meaning

2 senses

  1. To make cloudy.

    make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

  2. (obsolete)To obscure, to shadow.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin obnūbilātus, perfect passive participle of obnūbilō (“to cover with cl

Borrowed from Latin obnūbilātus, perfect passive participle of obnūbilō (“to cover with clouds or fog”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ob- + nūbilō (“be cloudy”), from nūbēs (“cloud”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). By surface analysis, ob- + Latin nubil- + -ate.

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Forms

obnubilates, obnubilating, obnubilated, obnubilated
Base formobnubilate · to obnubilate
3rd person singularobnubilates
Present participleobnubilating
Past simpleobnubilated
Past participleobnubilated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyobnubilate
he, she, itobnubilates

Past simpleLesson

all personsobnubilated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave obnubilated
he, she, ithas obnubilated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill obnubilate

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedobnubilationobnubilous

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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