[ verb ] make obscure or unclear <verb.communication>
Obfuscate \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.
Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obfuscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obfuscating}.] 1. To darken; to obscure; to becloud.
2. Hence: To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.
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.
That they should not obfuscate their opinions by inventing five-layer, three-prong tests.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, ranking Republican on the subcommittee, said he would fight attempts in Congress to "obfuscate the issues with legal mumble-jumble."
Government lending was not intended to be a way to obfuscate spending figures, hide fraudulent activity, or provide large subsidies.