obfuscate
verb [intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they obfuscate | |
| he / she / it obfuscates | |
| past simple obfuscated | |
| past participle obfuscated | |
| -ing form obfuscating |
- obfuscate (something)
to make something less clear and more difficult to understand, usually deliberately （故意地）混淆，使困惑，使模糊不清 Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- ‘darkened’, from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus ‘dark’.