† obˈfusk, v. Obs.
Also 6 -ke, 6–8 -que.
[a. OF. obfusquer, also offusquer, ad. L. ob-, offuscāre to darken. See also offusque.]
= obfuscate v.
| 1490 Caxton Eneydos xi. 41 All my entendement is obfusked, endullyd and rauysshed. c 1540 Boorde The boke for to Lerne C iij b, It doth obfuske and doth obnebulat the memorie. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 56 The interpositione of the mune..empeschis and obfusquis the beymis of the soune fra our sycht. a 1751 Bolingbroke Fragm. Ess. v. Wks. 1754 V. 68 A superfluous glare not only tires, but obfusques, the intellectual sight. |