a. [ L. obfuscatus, p. p. of obfuscare to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark. ] Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [ Obs. ] [ Written also offuscate. ] Sir. T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Obfuscated p. pr. & vb. n. Obfuscating. ] 1. To darken; to obscure; to becloud. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear. [ 1913 Webster ]

His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]