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Meaning of obumbrate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

/ɒˈbʌmbreɪt/

Definitions

To shade; to darken; to cloud.
rare
To foreshadow, prefigure.
obsolete, transitive

Examples

“those clouds, which did hang over and thus obumbrate him”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

obumbrated obumbrates obumbrating obvallate obvert obverted