OBFUSCATE Ob*fus"cate, a. Etym: [L. obfuscatus, p.p. of obfuscare to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark.]
Defn: Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also offuscate.] Sir. T. Elyot.
OBFUSCATE
Ob*fus"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obfuscated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Obfuscating.]
Defn: To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder. His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter. Sterne. Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females. Sir. W. Scott.
OBFUSCATION
Ob`fus*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. obfuscatio.]
Defn: The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened. "Obfuscation of the cornea." E. Darwin.
OBI
O"bi, n. Etym: [Prob. of African origin.]
1. A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [Written also obe and obeah.] De Quincey. B. Edwards.
2. A charm or fetich. [West Indies] B. Edwards.
OBIISM
O"bi*ism, n.