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
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enubilating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enubilated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enubilated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| enubilates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |