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Obfuscate Verb Means Make Word San Francisco November

Obfuscate is a verb meaning to darken, to make obscure, to confuse, or to be evasive, unclear, or confusing.

Obfuscate es un verbo que significa oscurecer, hacer algo poco claro o confuso, o ser evasivo, poco claro o confuso.

Word obfuscate
Date November 17, 2016
Type verb
Syllables AHB-fuh-skayt
Etymology To obfuscate something means to make it so that it isn't clear or transparent, much like dirty water makes it hard to see to the bottom of a pond. The verb shares its ob- root (meaning "over, completely") with obscure, another word that can refer to the act of concealing something or making it more difficult to see or understand. The rest of obfuscate comes from Latin fuscus, which means "dark brown" and is distantly related to our word dusk.
Examples "Time and again he has shifted, shaded or obfuscated his policy positions—piling on new ideas, which sometimes didn't fit with the old." — David Fahrenthold and Katie Zezima, The Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2016

"It was the trademark of San Francisco psychedelia to never put the year on a concert poster, and to obfuscate important details." — Sam Whiting, The San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2016
Definition 1 a : darken
b : to make obscure
2 : confuse
3 : to be evasive, unclear, or confusing

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