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obscurate

obscurate verb: to obscure.

Verb

obscurate (third-person singular simple present obscurates, present participle obscurating, simple past and past participle obscurated)

  1. (transitive) To obscure.
    • Though I do not concur in all the principles he has enunciated, yet I would not obscurate the brightness of his track.1854, United States. Congress, The Congressional Globe, volume 23, page 131
    • They often obscurate using colorful word games, theories, or specialty fads […]2007, George A. Peters, Barbara J. Peters, Medical Error and Patient Safety: Human Factors in Medicine, page 91

Forms of obscurate

third-person singular presentobscurates
present participleobscurating
past participleobscurated
pastobscurated

Questions about obscurate

What does obscurate mean?
Obscurate means to obscure.
What part of speech is obscurate?
Obscurate is a verb.
What is the past tense of obscurate?
The past tense of obscurate is obscurated.

Words near obscurate in the dictionary

  1. obscurantist
  2. obscurantistic
  3. obscurantists
  4. obscurantly
  5. obscurants
  6. obscurate
  7. obscurated
  8. obscurates
  9. obscurating
  10. obscuration
  11. obscurationism

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