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Webster 1913 Edition

Obumbrate

Ob-um′brate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
obumbratus
, p. p. of
obumbrare
to overshadow, cloud;
ob + umbrare
to shade.]
To shade; to darken; to cloud.
[R.]
Howell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Obumbrate

OBUM'BRATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. obumbro; ob and umbra, a shade.]
To shade; to darken; to cloud. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

obumbrate

obumbrate

English

Verb

obumbrate ‎(third-person singular simple present obumbrates, present participle obumbrating, simple past and past participle obumbrated)

  1. To shade; to darken; to cloud.
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Latin

Participle

obumbrāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of obumbrātus

Etymology

From Latin obumbratus, past participle of obumbrare ‎(“to overshadow, cloud”); ob + umbrare ‎(“to shade”).

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