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Answer for the clue "Beclouding ", 9 letters:
obscuring

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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obscured ([o^]b*sk[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Obscuring .] [L. obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See Obscure , ] To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, ...

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vb. (present participle of obscure English)

Usage examples of obscuring.

The sufferings of others, whoever they might be, called forth her ready compassion, which dissipated at once every obscuring cloud to goodness, that passion or prejudice might have raised in her mind.

Their hollow murmur and the obscuring mists, that came in wreaths up the cliffs, gave a solemnity to the scene, which was in harmony with the temper of her mind, and she sat, given up to the remembrance of past times, till this became too painful, and she abruptly quitted the place.

Meanwhile, the catmen, with Dry Towner allies, have begun a war with local natives, using invisibility and a permanent cloud cover obscuring sunlight, to institute a reign of terror.

Once more I shall see with precision and with full colour through my own eyes, not through the obscuring organs of the First Men.

Plutarch compares Isis to knowledge, and Typhon to ignorance, obscuring the light of the sacred doctrine whose blaze lights the soul of the Initiate.

The fur on his face stood erect, obscuring his facial features beneath the bristle and making him look like a hairbrush with two huge shaded eyes.

When she turned on the sensors, she saw the cloud of plasma behind her, again obscuring her view of the fight.

She pointed to where the road went into a bend that snaked through a stand of pines, obscuring what lay beyond.

For some reason, Garion felt an overpowering need to see for long distances, and the obscuring trees and undergrowth that had blocked his vision since they had been in Nyissa had increasingly irritated him.

The fiery ball of the sun slid up out of the desert lying to the east, and the obscuring cloud of dust raised by the advancing Mallorean column turned it to an ominous red.

The fog continued, making it impossible to see more than a hundred yards in any direction, and the twisted trees, with their semblance of human faces, emerged with a shocking suddenness out of that obscuring mist.

The moon was now low in the sky, but the obscuring veils of mist had thinned.

Steam rose from the holes, obscuring the windlasses and the diggers below.

The ship was barely visible, a darkness obscuring the stars beyond -- a great fish in the depths of an endless sea.