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Definition of obfuscate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

obfuscate

verb
 
/ˈɒbfəskeɪt/
 
/ˈɑːbfəskeɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they obfuscate
 
/ˈɒbfəskeɪt/
 
/ˈɑːbfəskeɪt/
he / she / it obfuscates
 
/ˈɒbfəskeɪts/
 
/ˈɑːbfəskeɪts/
past simple obfuscated
 
/ˈɒbfəskeɪtɪd/
 
/ˈɑːbfəskeɪtɪd/
past participle obfuscated
 
/ˈɒbfəskeɪtɪd/
 
/ˈɑːbfəskeɪtɪd/
-ing form obfuscating
 
/ˈɒbfəskeɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈɑːbfəskeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. obfuscate (something) to make something less clear and more difficult to understand, usually deliberately synonym obscure
    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- ‘darkened’, from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus ‘dark’.
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