obumbrate

obumbrate

English

Etymology

From Latin obumbratus, past participle of obumbrare (“to overshadow, cloud”); ob + umbrare (“to shade”).

Verb

obumbrate (third-person singular simple present obumbrates, present participle obumbrating, simple past and past participle obumbrated)

1. To shade; to darken; to cloud.

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Adjective

obumbrate (not comparable)

1. Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for obumbrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• bumboater

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Latin

Participle

obumbrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of obumbrātus