v. Also 7 -clowd. [f. BE- 6 + CLOUD.]

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  1.  trans. To cover or obscure with clouds (of vapor, smoke, etc.); to make misty or murky.

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1598.  Sylvester, Du Bartas (1608), 359. With a sable cloud Or horned locusts doth the sun becloud.

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1636.  R. Griffin, in Ann. Dubrensia (1877), 52. These … beclowd the azure skies.

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1854.  Woodward, Mollusca (1856), 15. The cuttle-fish escapes by … beclouding the water with an inky discharge.

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  2.  fig. To make obscure; to darken, to hide.

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1619.  Donne, Serm., Wks. 1839, VI. 20. Howsoever the Understanding be Beclouded.

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1782.  Priestley, Nat. & Rev. Relig., II. 161. Beclouding and puzzling the business.

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1876.  Geo. Eliot, Dan. Der., II. xix. 7. These fine words with which we fumigate and becloud unpleasant facts.

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