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Obsolete :: Obsolete (a.) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive.

Blind :: Blind (v. t.) To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.

Mysterious :: Mysterious (a.) Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.

Blear :: Blear (v. t.) To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink..

Subobtuse :: Subobscurely (adv.) Somewhat obscurely or darkly.

Besmirch :: Besmirch (v. t.) To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.

Shade :: Shade (n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat..

Eclipse :: Eclipse (v. t.) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing..

Benight :: Benight (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.

By-street :: By-street (n.) A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street..

Opaque :: Opaque (a.) Obscure; not clear; unintelligible.

Cloud :: Cloud (v. i.) To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.

Overshadow :: Overshadow (v. t.) To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure..

Obnubilate :: Obnubilate (v. t.) To cloud; to obscure.

Quiz :: Quiz (v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions..

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size..

Innuendo :: Innuendo (n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief..

Fog :: Fog (v. t.) To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure..

Obscure :: Obscure (superl.) Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription..

Y- :: Y- () A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use..

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