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Obumbrate

//ɑˈbəmˌbreɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders. not-comparable, rare
  2. 2
    Overshadowed, darkened. Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To shade; to darken; to cloud. rare

    "those clouds, which did hang over and thus obumbrate him"

  2. 2
    To foreshadow, prefigure. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    past participle of obumbrate form-of, obsolete, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin obumbrātus, perfect passive participle of obumbrō (“to overshadow, cloud”), from ob + to shade; see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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