An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
OBNUBILATE
confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
(verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; “Her remarks confused the debate”; “Their words obnubilate their intentions”
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
Etymology 1
Adjective
obnubilate (comparative more obnubilate, superlative most obnubilate)
(obsolete) Covered or darkened as with a cloud; overclouded; obscured.
Etymology 2
Verb
obnubilate (third-person singular simple present obnubilates, present participle obnubilating, simple past and past participle obnubilated)
(obsolete) To obscure, to shadow.
To make cloudy.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*nu"bi*late, v. t. Etym: [L. obnubilatus, p.p. of obnubilare to obscure. See Ob-, and Nubilate.]
Definition: To cloud; to obscure. [Obs.] Burton.
– Ob*nu"bi*la"tion, n. [Obs.] Beddoes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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