obnubilare

obnubilare [CL] , to becloud, cover, darken; b (eyesight, w. ref. to rendering blind); c (fig.); d (w. ref. to concealment or cover-up). obtegi, ~ari, beon oferheled GlP 69; melancolicus fumus a stomaco resolutus ‥ obvolvit cerebrum et ~at Quaest. Salern. 1; aeris facies ~ati variis perturbationibus perturbatur Neckam NR I 18 p. 62; totam domum ~abit aqua inde evaporans S. Langton Gl. Hist. Schol. 42; coverer, obnubulare Gl. AN Ox. f.154; ut fumi magnitudo etiam sidera ~aret Flor. Hist. II 33; ita aera ~avit ut omne lumen obtexuit Eul. Hist. I 397. b hostes ‥ mox oculis ~atis nec retro regredi nec ante tendere valuere W. Malm. GR II 127. c antra caliginis obnuvilante [v. l. obnubilante] mendacio ‥ nos veritas luce ‥ inlustret Theod. Laterc. 1; ne sensus legentium prolixae sententiae molesta defensio ~et [v. l. obnubet] Felix Guthl. prol. p. 62; quia gratiam sensuum spiritalium improba rerum carnalium meditatione ~ant Bede Cant. 1132; si vestra dilectio erga me aliquatenus ~atur, mihi est amarius Anselm (Ep. 159) IV 27; c1130 ne dampnosa temporum interjeccio antiquet et obnubulet [sic] si quid misit in dubium (H. Hunt. Ep.) EHR XVIII 713; ut sophismatum umbras que verum ~ant discutere possit J. Sal. Met. 850B. d eatenus ~ata regie auctoritatis terrore ‥ conspiratio Chr. Battle f. 38.

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