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obscured
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vb. (en-past of: obscure )
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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, ...
Usage examples of obscured.
They continued to travel long after twilight had obscured the road, which was so broken, that, now thinking it safer to walk than to ride, they all alighted.
He now walked on quickly, and Emily, proceeding with difficulty over the obscured and uneven ground, was left at some distance, till her voice arrested him, who seemed unwilling to stop, and still hurried on.
Garonne below the trembling radiance was faintly obscured by the lightest vapour.
She considered the person, to whose immediate guidance she would be committed, and the vast distance, that was to separate her from Valancourt, and, at the recollection of him, every other image vanished from her mind, and every thought was again obscured by grief.
The sentiment was not diminished, when she entered an extensive gothic hall, obscured by the gloom of evening, which a light, glimmering at a distance through a long perspective of arches, only rendered more striking.
When his mind had recovered from the first effervescence of rage, and his thoughts became less obscured, his conscience hinted to him certain circumstances, which, in some measure, explained the conduct of Montoni: but how the latter could have been led to suspect an intention, which, he had believed, was known only to himself, he could not even guess.
She continued to gaze upon it, with warm emotion, till the gray of twilight obscured the distance, and veiled it from her view.
Blanche, as she crossed the hall, stopped a moment to observe this lovely prospect, which the evening twilight obscured, yet did not conceal.
Emily, which, amidst the dissipation of the city had been obscured, but never obliterated from his heart, revived with all the charms of innocence and beauty, to reproach him for having sacrificed his happiness and debased his talents by pursuits, which his nobler faculties would formerly have taught him to consider were as tasteless as they were degrading.
Smooth muscles played along her slender limbs as she moved, obscured only by a pair of cut-off breeches and an improvised halter top.
The murals had once been very attractive, but time and neglect had both faded and obscured them.
This stark dune-church-creek-scape had over ages been complicated, though never obscured, by the huts, houses, docks, and wharves of a modest fishing-and smuggling-port.
Looking across, Jack saw that this was likely the case, though it was obscured by reeds.
After all, the roar of the surf on the shore was so strong that it obscured distant sounds.
His vision obscured, Bellasar steered to the left now, following them, speeding farther up the hill.