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infuscate

infuscate verb: to darken; to make black or obscure.

Verb

infuscate (third-person singular simple present infuscates, present participle infuscating, simple past and past participle infuscated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To darken; to make black or obscure.

Adjective

infuscate (comparative more infuscate, superlative most infuscate)

  1. Clouded with dark shades of brown or black.

Forms of infuscate

Verb
third-person singular presentinfuscates
present participleinfuscating
past participleinfuscated
pastinfuscated
Adjective
comparativemore infuscate
superlativemost infuscate

Origin of infuscate

The verb is first attested in 1650, the adjective in 1826; borrowed from Latin īnfuscātus, perfect passive participle of īnfuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + fuscō (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).

Questions about infuscate

What does infuscate mean?
Infuscate means to darken; to make black or obscure.
What part of speech is infuscate?
Infuscate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of infuscate?
The past tense of infuscate is infuscated.

Words near infuscate in the dictionary

  1. infuriator
  2. infuriators
  3. infusable
  4. infusate
  5. infusates
  6. infuscate
  7. infuscated
  8. infuscates
  9. infuscating
  10. infuscation
  11. infuscations

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