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- Obscure - superl. - Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.
- Obscure - superl. - Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.
- Obscure - superl. - Not noticeable; humble; mean.
- Obscure - superl. - Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.
- Obscure - superl. - Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects.
- Obscure - a. - To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
- Obscure - v. i. - To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark.
- Obscure - n. - Obscurity.
- Obscured - imp. & p. p. - of Obscure
- Obscurely - adv. - In an obscure manner.
- Obscurement - n. - The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration.
- Obscureness - n. - Obscurity.
- Obscurer - n. - One who, or that which, obscures.
- Shade - n. - An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
- Byway - n. - A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one.
- Dim - superl. - Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
- Blear - v. t. - To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink.
- Resolve - v. i. - To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle.
- Y- - - A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use.
- Eclaircise - v. t. - To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.
- Dimly - adv. - In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight.
- Quiz - n. - A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
- Obscure - superl. - Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.
- Bedim - v. t. - To make dim; to obscure or darken.
- Mutter - n. - Repressed or obscure utterance.
- Dim - superl. - Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
- Obscure - superl. - Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects.
- Crossroad - n. - A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.
- Double-entendre - n. - A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
- Byroad - n. - A private or obscure road.
- By-turning - n. - An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.
- Innuendo - n. - An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.
- Perspicuous - a. - Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous statements.
- By-street - n. - A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.
- Cloud - v. i. - To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.
- Conciliabule - n. - An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.
- Explicit - a. - Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration.
- Blind - v. t. - To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.
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- G2053 ἔριον - 2053 ἔριον - ἜΡΙΟΝ - - érion - er'-ee-on - of obscure affinity; wool:--wool. - Noun Neuter - greek
- H380 אִישׁוֹן - 380 אִישׁוֹן - אִישׁוֹן - - ʼîyshôwn - ee-shone' - diminutive from אִישׁ; the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night); apple (of the eye), black, obscure. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G135 αἴνιγμα - 135 αἴνιγμα - ΑἼΝΙΓΜΑ - - aínigma - ah'-ee-nig-ma - from a derivative of αἶνος (in its primary sense); an obscure saying ("enigma"), i.e. (abstractly) obscureness:--X darkly. - Noun Neuter - greek
- G850 αὐχμηρός - 850 αὐχμηρός - ΑὐΧΜΗΡΌΣ - - auchmērós - owkh-may-ros' - from (probably from a base akin to that of ἀήρ) (dust, as dried by wind); properly, dirty, i.e. (by implication) obscure:--dark. - Adjective - greek
- H2823 חָשֹׁךְ - 2823 חָשֹׁךְ - חָשֹׁךְ - - châshôk - khaw-shoke' - from חָשַׁךְ; dark (figuratively, i.e. obscure); meaning - Adjective - heb
- G2043 ἐρείδω - 2043 ἐρείδω - ἘΡΕΊΔΩ - - ereídō - er-i'-do - of obscure affinity; to prop, i.e. (reflexively) get fast:--stick fast. - Verb - greek
- H3544 כֵּהֶה - 3544 כֵּהֶה - כֵּהֶה - - kêheh - kay-heh' - from כָּהָה; feeble, obscure; somewhat dark, darkish, wax dim, heaviness, smoking. - Adjective - heb
- H7827 שְׁחֵלֶת - 7827 שְׁחֵלֶת - שְׁחֵלֶת - - shᵉchêleth - shekh-ay'-leth - lemma שְׁחֶלֶת second vowel, corrected to שְׁחֵלֶת; apparently from the same as שַׁחַל through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound; a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel.; onycha. - Noun Feminine - heb
- G4654 σκοτίζω - 4654 σκοτίζω - ΣΚΟΤΊΖΩ - - skotízō - skot-id-zo - from σκότος; to obscure (literally or figuratively):--darken. - Verb - greek
- G4656 σκοτόω - 4656 σκοτόω - ΣΚΟΤΌΩ - - skotóō - skot-o'-o - from σκότος; to obscure or blind (literally or figuratively):--be full of darkness. - Verb - greek
- G5186 τυφλόω - 5186 τυφλόω - ΤΥΦΛΌΩ - - typhlóō - toof-lo'-o - from τυφλός; to make blind, i.e. (figuratively) to obscure:--blind. - Verb - greek
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