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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

enubilate en · VERB

Etymology

From Latin ēnūbilātus, past participle of ēnūbilāre (“to enubilate”), from ē- (“out”) + nūbila (“clouds”), from nūbilis (“cloudy”), nūbēs (“cloud”). By surface analysis, e- + Latin nubil- + -ate.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity.
    • Maeterlinck is gradually enubilating himself from those enchanted mists in which first he strayed. 1903, “Saturday Reviews”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Forms

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enubilating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enubilated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enubilated Tense=Past lexicographic
enubilates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic