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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obscured}
([o^]b*sk[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Obscuring}.] [L.
obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See {Obscure}, a.]
To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the
dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible,
glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
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They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with
obscured lights. --Shak.
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Why, 't is an office of discovery, love,
And I should be obscured. --Shak.
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There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by
the writings of learned men as this. --Wake.
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And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? --Dryden.
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