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Meaning of obumbrate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
ɒˈbʌmbreɪt

Definitions

  1. To shade; to darken; to cloud.
    rare
  2. 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.
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See also

obumbrated obumbrates obumbrating obvallate obvert obverted

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