obfuscate
ob·fus·cate [óbfə skŕyt] verb
1. transitive and intransitive verb make something obscure: to make something obscure or unclear, especially by making it unnecessarily complicated
2. transitive verb make dark: to make something dark or hard to see (archaic)
3. transitive verb confuse: to make somebody confused (archaic)
[Mid-16th century. From late Latin obfuscat -, the past participle stem of obfuscare “to darken,” from fuscus “dark.”]
- ob·fus·ca·tion [ňbfə skáysh’n], noun
Posted by Fungii at July 29, 2002 09:12 PM