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  • 21cloud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. haze (see cloudiness, obscurity); flight (see assemblage). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fog at a distance from the earth] Syn. haze, mist, rack, fogginess, haziness, film, puff, billow, frost, nebula,… …

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  • 22Concealment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Concealment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 concealment concealment Sgm: N 1 hiding hiding &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 occultation occultation mystification GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 seal of secrecy seal of secrecy …

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  • 23becloud — v 1. cloud up or over, overcast, gray, darken, get dark, blacken; dim, bedim, fade, pale. 2. obscure, befog, eclipse, cloud, overshadow, adumbrate, cast a gloom over, shadow, shade; conceal, hide, screen, veil, shroud, shield, mask, cover,… …

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  • 24Fog — Fog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fogging}.] 1. To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure. [1913 Webster] 2. (Photog.) To render semiopaque or cloudy, as a negative film, by exposure to stray light,… …

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  • 25Fogged — Fog Fog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fogging}.] 1. To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure. [1913 Webster] 2. (Photog.) To render semiopaque or cloudy, as a negative film, by exposure to stray… …

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  • 26Fogging — Fog Fog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fogging}.] 1. To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure. [1913 Webster] 2. (Photog.) To render semiopaque or cloudy, as a negative film, by exposure to stray… …

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  • 27be- — prefix Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bi , be ; akin to Old English bī by, near more at by 1. on ; around ; over < bedaub > < besmear > 2. to a great or greater degree …

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  • 28muddle — I. verb (muddled; muddling) Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch moddelen, from Middle Dutch, from modde mud; akin to Middle Low German mudde Date: 1676 transitive verb 1. to make turbid or muddy 2. to befog or stupefy especially with liquor 3 …

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  • 29Franz Boas — Infobox Person name = Franz Boas image size = 200px caption = birth date = birth date|1858|7|9 birth place = Minden, [www.franz boas.com further information about the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Boas´ birth at Minden e. g. an&#8230; …

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  • 30becloud — /bi klowd /, v.t. 1. to darken or obscure with clouds. 2. to make confused: Angry words beclouded the issue. [1590 1600; BE + CLOUD] Syn. 2. confuse, obscure, befog, obfuscate, muddle. * * * …

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