\Ob*fus"cate\, a. [L. obfuscatus, p. p. of obfuscare
to darken; ob (see {Ob-}) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken,
from fuscus dark.]
Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also
{offuscate}.] --Sir. T. Elyot.

\Ob*fus"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obfuscated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Obfuscating}.]
To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to
bewilder.
      His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the
      ideas whirling round and round about in it, all
      obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter.
                                               --Sterne.
      Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects
      of meaner females.                       --Sir. W.
                                               Scott.