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—obumbration, n./ob um"brayt/, v., obumbrated, obumbrating, adj.v.t.1. to darken, overshadow, or cloud.adj.2. Obs. overshadowed, darkened.[1505-15; < obumbratus, ptp. of obumbrare,; see OBUMBRANT, -ATE1]
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Obumbrate — Ob*um brate, v. t. [L. obumbratus, p. p. of obumbrare to overshadow, cloud; ob + umbrare to shade.] To shade; to darken; to cloud. [R.] Howell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Darkness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Darkness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 darkness darkness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 blackness blackness &c.(dark color) 431 Sgm: N 1 obscurity obscurity gloom murk Sgm: N 1 dusk dusk … English dictionary for students
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becloud — Synonyms and related words: addle, addle the wits, ball up, bedarken, bedazzle, bedim, befog, befuddle, begloom, bemist, bewilder, black, black out, blacken, blanket, blind, block the light, blot out, blur, bother, brown, bug, camouflage, cast a… … Moby Thesaurus
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