enubilate

English

Etymology

From Latin enubilatus, past participle of enubilare (“to enubilate”), from e (“out”) + nubila (“clouds”), from nubilis (“cloudy”), nubes (“cloud”).

Verb

enubilate (third-person singular simple present enubilates, present participle enubilating, simple past and past participle enubilated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for enubilate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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