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Synonyms
ob·fus·cate (ŏb́fə-skāt́, ŏb-fŭśkāt́)

[Latin obfuscāre, obfuscāt-, to darken, ob-, over; see ob–, + fuscāre, to darken (from fuscus, dark).]

transitive verb: -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates. 

  1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: “A great effort was made . . . to obscure or obfuscate the truth” (Robert Conquest)
  2. To render indistinct or dim; darken: The fog obfuscated the shore.

derivatives

ob́fus·cátion
noun
ob·fuśca·tóry
adjective