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   ob·fus·cate

   /ˈäbfəˌskāt/

   verb

   • 1. render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible: "the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins" Similar obscureconfusemake obscure/unclearblurmuddlejumblecomplicategarblemuddycloudbefogmuddy the watersOpposite clarify
   • ▪ bewilder (someone): "it is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them" Similar bewildermystifypuzzleperplexbaffleconfoundbemusebefuddlenonplusinformal:flummoxarchaic:wildermazegravel

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- ‘darkened’, from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus ‘dark’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. obfuscatory adjective

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