Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - obfuscate
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Obfuscate
obfuscate
(obfuscates, obfuscating, obfuscated) To obfuscate something means to deliberately make it seem confusing and difficult to understand. (FORMAL) They are obfuscating the issue, as only insurance companies can... Macdonald accepted that such information could be used to manipulate, to obfuscate, and to mislead. ? elucidate VERB: V n, V
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1.
verb (-cated; -cating) Etymology: Late Latin obfuscatus, past participle of obfuscare, from Latin ob- in the way + fuscus dark brown — more at ob-, dusk Date: 1577 transitive verb 1. a. darken b. to make obscure ~ the issue 2. confuse ~ the reader intransitive verb to be evasive, unclear, or confusing • obfuscation noun • obfuscatory adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
v.tr. 1 obscure or confuse (a mind, topic, etc.). 2 stupefy, bewilder. Derivatives obfuscation n. obfuscatory adj. Etymology: LL obfuscare (as OB-, fuscus dark) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. книж. путать, сбивать (с толку); туманить рассудок 2. ам. (умышленно) запутывать вопрос; напускать туман to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information —- осложнять задачу из-за несущественной информации 3. спец. затемнять, затенять ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
~ v formal to deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand - obfuscation n ob, n informal, especially AmE obstetrics and gynaecology ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- 1536, from L. obfuscatus, pp. of obfuscare, from ob "over" + fuscare "darken," from fuscus "dark." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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