Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. i. To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. [Obs.]

How! There's bad news. I must obscure, and hear it. --Beau. & Fl.

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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, n. Obscurity. [Obs.]

--Milton.

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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obscured; p. pr. & vb. n. Obscuring.]

[L. obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See Obscure, a.]

To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.

They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. --Shak.

Why, 't is an office of discovery, love, And I should be obscured. --Shak.

There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this. --Wake.

And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? --Dryden.

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Obscure \Ob*scure"\, a. [Compar. Obscurer; superl. Obscurest.]

[L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see Ob-) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf.F. obscur. Cf.Sky.]

1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.

His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. --Prov. xx. 20.

2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.

The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. --Shak.

The obscure corners of the earth. --Sir J. Davies.

3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. ``O base and obscure vulgar.'' --Shak. ``An obscure person.'' --Atterbury.

4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.

5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects.

Obscure rays (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion.

Syn: Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)