Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of darkening or obscuring; shade.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Act of darkening or obscuring.

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  • noun The act of darkening or obscuring.

Etymologies

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Latin obumbratio.

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