beclouding

Verb

becloud (third-person singular simple present beclouds, present participle beclouding, simple past and past participle beclouded)

1. (transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
   • […] Intemperance and Superfluity beclouds the Mind, dulls the edge of the Apprehension, and brings upon it an unmanly Languor, bearing down all the noble Faculties of the Soul into Ignorance and Stupidity […]1688, Thomas Tryon, Monthly Observations for the Preserving of Health with a Long and Comfortable Life, London, page 9
2. (passive, transitive, usually) To cover or surround with clouds.
   • And then while you're a cooking, they say, / Such a fogo beclouds all the room, / That the girls have to group out the way, / In search of the tongs or the broom.1824, The New England Farmer, volume 2, page 176
3. (figuratively, transitive) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.
   • What Fury has possest thee? What strange fit
     Usurps thy patience, and beclouds thy brow?1649, Francis Quarles, The Virgin Widow, London: R. Royston, act I, page 8