enubilate

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin ēnūbilātus, past participle of ēnūbilāre (to enubilate), from ē- (out) + nūbila (clouds), from nūbilis (cloudy), nūbēs (cloud).

Verb

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enubilate (third-person singular simple present enubilates, present participle enubilating, simple past and past participle enubilated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity.
    • 1903, “Saturday Reviews”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Maeterlinck is gradually enubilating himself from those enchanted mists in which first he strayed.

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