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obnubilating

obnubilating is the present participle and gerund of obnubilate.

Meaning of obnubilate

Verb

obnubilate (third-person singular simple present obnubilates, present participle obnubilating, simple past and past participle obnubilated)

  1. (obsolete) To obscure, to shadow.
    • There is here fine criticism, classic wit, poetic dreaming, and some grains of sound doctrine, but so obnubilated with the fumes of German metaphysics, that we become giddy.1832, “Miscellaneous”, in Biblical Repertory and Theological Review, volume IV, page 143
  2. To make cloudy.

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Questions about obnubilating

What is obnubilating the present participle and gerund of?
Obnubilating is the present participle and gerund of obnubilate.

Words near obnubilating in the dictionary

  1. obnoxities
  2. obnoxity
  3. obnubilate
  4. obnubilated
  5. obnubilates
  6. obnubilating
  7. obnubilation
  8. obnubilations
  9. obnubilous
  10. obo
  11. OBO carrier

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