Obumbrate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɒˈbʌmbreɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Obumbrate is a verb meaning (zoology, rare) Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders.
Meaning
(zoology, rare) Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders.
More Meanings
- (rare) To shade; to darken; to cloud.
- (obsolete, transitive) To foreshadow, prefigure.
- (obsolete) past participle of obumbrate
- (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Overshadowed, darkened.
Example Sentences
those clouds, which did hang over and thus obumbrate him
Word Forms
- obumbrates
- obumbrating
- obumbrated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overcast, inumbrate, nubilate, becloud, overcloud, umbeset.
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