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31obnubilate — transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin obnubilatus, past participle of obnubilare, from ob in the way + nubilare to be cloudy, from nubilus cloudy, from nubes cloud more at ob , nuance Date: 1583 becloud, obscure • obnubilation noun …
32Ripsaw — (sometimes Rip saw, Rip Saw, RipSaw or The Duluth Rip Saw) was a Duluth, Minnesota newspaper published from 1917 to 1926 and again from 1999 to 2005. In its original incarnation, the paper was a scandal sheet with a reputation for muckraking,… …
33Foundations of Christianity — Infobox Book | name = Foundations of Christianity title orig = Der Ursprung des Christentums translator = Henry F. Mins image caption = author = Karl Kautsky illustrator = cover artist = country = Germany language = English series = subject =… …
34bedim — /bi dim /, v.t., bedimmed, bedimming. to make dim; darken; obscure. [1560 70; BE + DIM] Syn. becloud, overcast, shroud; muddle. Ant. illumine, brighten. * * * …
35befog — /bi fog , fawg /, v.t., befogged, befogging. 1. to envelop in fog or obscurity; becloud: Low hanging clouds befogged the city. 2. to render unclear; confuse by irrelevancies or distractions: Petty differences befogged the legislators task. [1595… …
36fog — fog1 fogless, adj. /fog, fawg/, n., v., fogged, fogging. n. 1. a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility. Cf. ice fog, mist, smog. 2. any darkened state of… …
37obnubilate — obnubilation, n. /ob nooh beuh layt , nyooh /, v.t., obnubilated, obnubilating. to cloud over; becloud; obscure. [1575 85; < L obnubilatus, ptp. of obnubilare to darken, obscure, equiv. to ob OB + nubilare to become cloudy, v. deriv. of nubilus… …
38production, theory of — ▪ economics Introduction in economics, an effort to explain the principles by which a business firm decides how much of each commodity that it sells (its “outputs” or “products”) it will produce, and how much of each kind of labour, raw… …
39William McKinley: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 4, 1901 When we assembled here on the 4th of March, 1897, there was great anxiety with regard to our currency and credit. None exists now. Then our Treasury receipts were inadequate to meet the current… …
40obnubilation — A clouded mental state. [L. ob nubilo, to becloud, obscure, fr. nubes, cloud] * * * ob·nub·i·la·tion äb .n(y)ü bə lā shən n mental cloudiness and torpidity <had a headache, slight nuchal rigidity, and obnubilation (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)> …
