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Befog

verb
(past & past part. befogged; pres. part. befogging)
1.
Make less visible or unclear.  Synonyms: becloud, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure.  "The big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"






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"Befog" Quotes from Famous Books



... up after his preliminary training, and so far as the degrees are concerned, the only one that has any right to carry weight, because it is a measure of accomplishment, is that which is granted by this Society to its corporate members. The schools, in their general mix-up of titles, certainly befog the public mind. It is as if the medical schools, for instance, should issue degrees at graduation for brain doctors, stomach doctors, eye and ear doctors, etc. Very wisely, it seems to me, the medical profession and the legal ...
— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 • John A. Bensel

... turning to his Republican opponents, "wish your blood and that of the African mingled in the same channel, we trust that you will keep at a respectful distance from us, and not try to force that on us as one of your domestic institutions."[526] In such wise, Douglas labored to befog and discredit the issues for which the new party stood. The demagogue in ...
— Stephen A. Douglas - A Study in American Politics • Allen Johnson



Words linked to "Befog" :   hide, overshadow, conceal



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