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
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
