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To: Jeff Chandler

Am in the same boat... "obfuscate" has always confused me :-(

19 posted on 06/03/2003 10:07:05 PM PDT by Tamzee ( It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. - J. Swift)

We have:

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One entry found for obfuscate.

Main Entry: ob·fus·cate
Pronunciation: 'äb-f&-"skAt; äb-'f&s-"kAt, &b-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -cat·ed; -cat·ing
Etymology: Late Latin obfuscatus, past participle of obfuscare, from Latin ob- in the way + fuscus dark brown -- more at OB-, DUSK
Date: 1577
1 a : DARKEN b : to make obscure
2 : CONFUSE
- ob·fus·ca·tion /"äb-(")f&s-'kA-sh&n/ noun
- ob·fus·ca·to·ry /äb-'f&s-k&-"tOr-E, &b-, -"tor-/ adjective

20 posted on 06/03/2003 10:14:52 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Where is Saddam? and his Weapons of Mass Destruction?)

Thanks for raising the issue!

22 posted on 06/03/2003 10:20:32 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Where is Saddam? and his Weapons of Mass Destruction?)

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