OBSCURE
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Ob*scure" (ŏb*sk&ū;r"), a. [Compar. Obscurer (ŏb*sk&ū;r"&etilde_;r); 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.]
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1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.
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His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Prov. xx. 20.
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2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.
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The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night.
Shak.
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The obscure corners of the earth.
Sir J. Davies.
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3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. “O base and obscure vulgar.” Shak. “An obscure person.” Atterbury.
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4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or incomprehensible; as, an obscure passage or inscription.
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5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects.
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Obscure rays (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion.
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Syn. -- Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct.
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Ob*scure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obscured (ŏb*sk&ū;rd"); 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.
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They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights.
Shak.
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Why, 't is an office of discovery, love,
And I should be obscured.
Shak.
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There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this.
Wake.
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And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame?
Dryden.
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Ob*scure" (ŏb*sk&ū;r"), v. i. To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. [Obs.]
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How! There's bad news.
I must obscure, and hear it.
Beau. & Fl.
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Ob*scure", n. Obscurity. [Obs.] Milton.
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