Obumbrate

[ɔ'bʌmbreit]

(v. t.) To shade; to darken; to cloud.

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SYN:Shade, overshadow, darken

ANT:Lighten, illumine, elucidate

Checker: Osbert

v.t. to overshadow to darken.—adj. lying under some projecting part as the abdomen of certain spiders.—adj. Obum′brant overhanging.

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