English Explanatory Dictionary

befog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To envelop in fog or smoke.
  2. To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
  3. To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

befog befogs befogging befogged

Etymology

From be- + fog.

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