obumbrate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin obumbratus, past participle of obumbrare (“to overshadow, cloud”); ob + umbrare (“to shade”).
Verb
[edit]obumbrate (third-person singular simple present obumbrates, present participle obumbrating, simple past and past participle obumbrated)
- To shade; to darken; to cloud.
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
- those clouds, which did hang over and thus obumbrate him
Adjective
[edit]obumbrate (not comparable)
References
[edit]“obumbrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]obumbrāte