obfuscate

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[edit] Etymology

From the participle stem of (late) Latin obfuscare, from ob- + fuscare (darken).

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  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɒbfʌskeɪt/, /ˈɒbfəskeɪt/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈɑːbfʌskeɪt/, /ˈɑːbfəskeɪt/
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obfuscate (third-person singular simple present obfuscates, present participle obfuscating, simple past and past participle obfuscated)

  1. To make dark; overshadow
  2. To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
    Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire to obfuscate any evidence of his or her identity.
  3. (computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but conceal its structure and intent.
    We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.

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