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What is the verb for obscure?

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obscure
  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “In fact, it is so covered with clouds that they completely obscure its surface.”
      “Competing agendas often obscure the facts rather than inform the public.”
unobscure
  1. (transitive) To make no longer obscure.
unobscures
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unobscure
obscures
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obscure
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Aside from this confusion, this use of homicide as a dysphemism for suicide obscures the singular depravity of suicide terrorism.”
      “His oratory and intellectual robustness a breath of fresh air from the political doublespeak that obscures the core issues of the conflict.”
      “Anything that obscures Christ hinders worship, for it immediately distances us from the Godhead.”
obscureth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obscure
obscurest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of obscure
obscured
  1. simple past tense and past participle of obscure
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Manufacturers void their warranties if the labels on their water heaters are obscured.”
      “Is there a danger of much being lost or obscured from either willful or unintentional neglect?”
      “A young man stepped into the firelight, his face partly obscured by tumbles of dark brown hair.”
unobscuring
  1. present participle of unobscure
obscuring
  1. present participle of obscure
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Its pastry crust speaks to a diner of infinite potential, obscuring what's within and defying conventional conceptions of identity.”
      “Billowing clouds of steam and smoke drifted and eddied, obscuring then revealing the tormented reddish rock of the opposite wall.”
      “You can use this haze to advantage, but if it is obscuring your subject, you may need to place a filter over your SLR lens.”
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