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becloud

[ bih-kloud ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to darken or obscure with clouds.
  2. to make confused:

    Angry words beclouded the issue.

    Synonyms: , , , ,



becloud

/ ²úɪˈ°ì±ô²¹ÊŠ»å /

verb

  1. to cover or obscure with a cloud
  2. to confuse or muddle

    to becloud the issues

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of becloud1

First recorded in 1590–1600; be- + cloud
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Though she lost in November, she's still campaigning — on social media, in the courts, and in her own beclouded imagination.

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Daylight began to forsake the red-room; it was past four o’clock, and the beclouded afternoon was tending to drear twilight.

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Fortunately, the ruling does not retroactively undo the debt restructuring achieved so far, but it does becloud the future, because the court gave the president and the Senate only 90 days to “reconstitute†the board.

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That confusion beclouds the climactic sequence of the singing contest.

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I think his sense of candor and fairness is beclouded by his desire to make $billions more.

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