obscurer

[Eng. obscur (e), v.; -er.] One who or that which obscures. õb-scür-I-tý, subst . [Fr. obscurité , from Lat. obscuritatem, acc us. of obscuritas = darkne , obscurity; from obscurus obscure (q. v.).] 1. The quality or state of being obscure; dark ne , gloom. "A day of darkne and obscurity." - Esther xi. 8. 2. An obscure, mean, lowly, or humble position or condition. "Her early years had been pa ed in poverty and obscurity."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xi. 3. Darkne of meaning; want of plainne of meaning or expre ion. "When all the instruments of knowledge are forbid to do their office, ignorance and obscurity must needs be upon the whole soul." -South: Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 2. IMG:content-0201.png:[blocks in formation] tob-sě-crate, v . t . [Lat. obsecratus , pa. par. of obsecro to entreat: ob- and sacer sacred.] To entreat, to beg, to implore, to supplicate.