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OBFUSCATE
obfuscate
(verb) make obscure or unclear
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
obfuscate (third-person singular simple present obfuscates, present participle obfuscating, simple past and past participle obfuscated)
To make dark; overshadow
To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
(computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
Synonyms
• (to make dark): darken, eclipse, overshadow
• (to deliberately make more confusing): confuse, muddle, obscure
Antonyms
• (to deliberately make less confusing): explain, simplify
Adjective
obfuscate (comparative more obfuscate, superlative most obfuscate)
(obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*fus"cate, a. Etym: [L. obfuscatus, p.p. of obfuscare to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark.]
Definition: Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also offuscate.] Sir. T. Elyot.
Ob*fus"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obfuscated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obfuscating.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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