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