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obfuscate verb addle, adumbrate, baffle, becloud, bedim, befuddle, bemist, bewilder, blacken, blind, blur, cloak, cloud, complicate, conceal, confound, confuse, cover, curtain, darken, daze, dim, disconcert, dull, eclipse, fluster, fog, hide, keep one guessing, mist, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, occult, overshadow, perplex, perturb, put off the track, puzzle, screen, shade, shield, shroud, stupefy, throw into confusion, throw off the scent, unsettle, upset, veil See also: blind, camouflage, confound, confuse, disorganize, disorient, muddle, obnubilate, obscure How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Amid unedifying and obfuscatory attempts to manufacture a tradition of disablement in the Scots poor law, treatment of the insane became increasingly precise in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Speech, therefore, embodies epistemological, rhetorical, communicative, obfuscatory, political, cultural, and other intentions. In a few instances, the authors indulged themselves in language more obfuscatory than helpful. |
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