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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, adjective [L. obfuscatus, p. p. of obfuscare to darken; ob (see {Ob-}) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark.] Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also {offuscate}.] --Sir. T. Elyot.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Obfuscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obfuscating}.]
1. To darken; to obscure; to becloud.
2. Hence: To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.
His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter. --Sterne.
Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females. --Sir. W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
obfuscate
verb: make obscure or unclear [ant: {clarify}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "obfuscate": adumbrate, becloud, bedarken, bedim, befog, begloom, black, black out, blacken, blanket, blind, block the light, blot out, blur, brown, camouflage, cast a shadow, cloak, cloud, cloud over, complicate, conceal, confuse, corrupt, cover, cover up, curtain, darken, darken over, deform, dim, dim out, disguise, disorder, dissemble, distort, distract attention from, eclipse, encloud, encompass with shadow, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, fog up, garble, gloom, gloss over, hide, jumble, keep under cover, make unintelligible, mask, mess up, misadvise, misdirect, miseducate, misguide, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, misteach, muddle, murk, mystify, obnubilate, obscure, obumbrate, occult, occultate, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, pervert, scramble, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, slur over, somber, unform, unshape, varnish, veil, whitewash
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