obumbrate

English

Etymology

From Latin obumbrātus, past participle of obumbrāre (“to overshadow, cloud”); ob + umbrāre (“to shade”).

Verb

obumbrate (third-person singular simple present obumbrates, present participle obumbrating, simple past and past participle obumbrated)

1. To shade; to darken; to cloud.
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     those clouds, which did hang over and thus obumbrate him

Adjective

obumbrate (not comparable)

1. Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders.

References

“obumbrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• bumboater

Latin

Participle

obumbrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of obumbrātus