obscure
/əbˈskjʊɹ/ verb C1- To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. · c. 1688', William Wake, Preparation for Death There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured in the writings of learned men as this.
- To hide, put out of sight etc.
He/she/it obscures · Past obscured · Past participle obscured · -ing form obscuring
Verb forms
- Base form
- obscure
- He/she/it
- obscures
- Past
- obscured
- Past participle
- obscured
- -ing form
- obscuring
From the library
I said the origin of his fortune remained obscure.
That is all clear enough, but there was much that was still obscure.
I remember that as I picked them up, I observed the title of one of them, The Origin of Tree Worship, and it struck me that the fellow must be some poor bibliophile, who, either as a trade or as a hobby, was a collector of obscure volumes.
I don’t think that among all our cases I have known one where the motives are more obscure.
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