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Look up: obscure

  1. obscure
    [adj] - not famous or acclaimed 2. [adj] - not drawing attention 3. [v] - make less visible or unclear 4. [v] - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing 5. [v] - make difficult to perceive by sight 6. [v] - make obscure or unclear
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Obscure
    Ob·scure' adjective [ Compar. Obscurer ; superl. Obscurest .] [ Latin obscurus , orig., covered; ob- (see Ob- ) + a root probably meaning, to cover; confer Latin s...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/4

  3. Obscure
    Ob·scure' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Obscured ; present participle & verbal noun Obscuring .] [ Latin obscurare , from obscurus : confer Old French ob...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/4

  4. Obscure
    Ob·scure' intransitive verb To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. [ Obsolete] « How! There's bad news. I must obscure , and hear it.» Beau. & Fl.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/4

  5. Obscure
    Ob·scure' noun Obscurity. [ Obsolete] Milton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/4

  6. obscure
    1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. 'His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.' (Prov. Xx. 20) ... 2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoti...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. obscure
    unknown adjective not famous or acclaimed; `an obscure family`; `unsung heroes of the war`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. obscure
    unnoticeable adjective not drawing attention; `an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet`; `an obscure flaw`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. obscure
    vague adjective not clearly understood or expressed; `an obscure turn of phrase`; `an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit`-Anatole Broyard; `their descriptions of human beh...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. obscure
    bedim verb make difficult to perceive by sight; `The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. obscure
    obliterate 1 veil verb make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; `a hidden message`; `a veiled threat`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. Obscure
    • (superl.) Not noticeable; humble; mean. • (n.) Obscurity. • (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. • (superl.) Not easily understood; not clear or legible; a...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. obscure
    obscure 1. To conceal or to conceal by confusing (the meaning of a statement, poem, etc.). 2. To make dark, dim, indistinct, etc. 3. To reduce or to neutralize (a vowel) to the sound usually represented by a schwa (ə). 4. A reference to a meaning which is not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  14. OBSCURE
    A Formal Description of the Specification Language OBSCURE, J. Loeckx, TR A85/15, U Saarlandes, Saarbrucken, 1985. [Jargon File]
    Found on http://foldoc.org/OBSCURE

  15. ObsCure
    (video game) `ObsCure` is a survival horror video game developed by Hydravision Entertainment and published by DreamCatcher Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It was released on October 1, 2004 in Europe and North America on April 6, 2005. Storyline: Some strang...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ObsCure



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11 February 2012

This day in history:
On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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