obfuscate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the participle stem of Late Latin obfuscāre, from Latin ob- + fuscāre, present active infinitive of fuscō (“I darken”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒbfʌskeɪt/, /ˈɒbfəskeɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑːbfʌskeɪt/, /ˈɑːbfəskeɪt/
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Verb[edit]
obfuscate (third-person singular simple present obfuscates, present participle obfuscating, simple past and past participle obfuscated)
- To make dark; overshadow
- To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
- 2018, Anonymous White House Official, "White House reels as FBI director contradicts official claims about alleged abuser," Washington Post, February 13, 2018:
- When asked if Kelly could have been more transparent or truthful, that official wrote: “In this White House, it’s simply not in our DNA. Truthful and transparent is great, but we don’t even have a coherent strategy to obfuscate.”
- Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire to obfuscate any evidence of his or her identity.
- 2018, Anonymous White House Official, "White House reels as FBI director contradicts official claims about alleged abuser," Washington Post, February 13, 2018:
- (computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
- We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to make dark): darken, eclipse, overshadow
- (to deliberately make more confusing): confuse, muddle, obscure
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Translations[edit]
make dark
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make confusing
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alter code
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Adjective[edit]
obfuscate (comparative more obfuscate, superlative most obfuscate)
- (obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir. T. Elyot to this entry?)
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