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obfuscate (verb):
1a : to throw into shadow : darken
b : to make obscure
2 : confuse
3 : to be evasive, unclear, or confusing
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : To obfuscate something means to make it so that it isn’t clear or transparent, much like dirty water makes it hard to see to the bottom of a pond. The verb shares its ob- root (meaning “over, completely”) with obscure, another word that can refer to the act of concealing something or making it more difficult to see or understand. The rest of obfuscate comes from Latin fuscus, which means “dark brown” and is distantly related to our word dusk.
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