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OBUMBRATE
Etymology
Verb
obumbrate (third-person singular simple present obumbrates, present participle obumbrating, simple past and past participle obumbrated)
To shade; to darken; to cloud.
Adjective
obumbrate (not comparable)
Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders.
Anagrams
• bumboater
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*um"brate, v. t. Etym: [L. obumbratus, p.p. of obumbrare to overshadow, cloud; ob + umbrare to shade.]
Definition: To shade; to darken; to cloud. [R.] Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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