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obscureth

obscureth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of obscure.

Meaning of obscure

Verb

obscure (third-person singular simple present obscures, present participle obscuring, simple past and past participle obscured)

  1. (transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
    • They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
    • It has been little altered over the years save for the addition of a platform awning which rather obscures the arcaded entrance to the booking hall.1957 August, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 529
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide.
    • How! There's bad news. / I must obscure, and hear it.1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647...
    Antonyms:
    appear, show up

See all 8 meanings of obscure

Origin of obscureth

obscure + -eth

Questions about obscureth

What is obscureth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Obscureth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of obscure.

Words near obscureth in the dictionary

  1. obscurenesses
  2. obscurer
  3. obscurers
  4. obscures
  5. obscurest
  6. obscureth
  7. obscurification
  8. obscurifications
  9. obscurified
  10. obscurifies
  11. obscurify

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