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obumbrate en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, rare) Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders.
2. (Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete) Overshadowed, darkened.

Relateds

umber · umbrella · umbra · adumbrate

obumbrate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɒˈbʌmbreɪt/ (UK)
• /ɑˈbəmˌbreɪt/ (General-American)
• /əˈbʌmbreɪt/ (UK)
• /əˈbəmˌbreɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (rare) To shade; to darken; to cloud.
   • those clouds, which did hang over and thus obumbrate him 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
2. (obsolete, transitive) To foreshadow, prefigure.
3. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past) past participle of obumbrate
   form of obumbrate

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