becloud
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be·cloud

transitive verb \bi-ˈklad, bē-\

Definition of BECLOUD

1
: to obscure with or as if with a cloud
2
: to prevent clear perception or realization of : muddle <prejudices that becloud his judgment>

Examples of BECLOUD

  1. <don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues>
  2. <the smog from the city's steel mills was once so oppressive that it beclouded the local landscape even at noon>

First Known Use of BECLOUD

1598

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