obfuscate
verb
- to make obscure
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɒbfəskeɪt/ / /ˈɑbfəskeɪt/ / /ˈɑbfjuskeɪt/
adj
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).
- Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
“Also the vertues beynge in a cruell persone be nat only obfuscate or hyd : But also lyke wyse as norysshynge meates and drynkes in an sycke body”
verb
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).
- To make dark; to overshadow.
- To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
“obfuscate facts”
“Can weakness be really obfuscated?”
- To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
“We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.”