obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist
(verb) make less visible or unclear; “The stars are obscured by the clouds”; “the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
becloud (third-person singular simple present beclouds, present participle beclouding, simple past and past participle beclouded)
(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
(transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.
(transitive, figurative) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.
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Source: Wiktionary
Be*cloud", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beclouded; p. pr. & vb. n. Beclouding.]
Definition: To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud. If thou becloud the sunshine of thine eye. Quarles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
