Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To cover or obscure with or as if with fog.
- v. To cause confusion in; muddle.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To involve in fog; hence, figuratively, to confuse; make obscure or uncertain; bewilder: as, to befog the mind with sophistry.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To involve in a fog; -- mostly as a participle or part. adj.
- v. Hence: To confuse; to mystify.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make less visible or unclear
Etymologies
- From be- + fog. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In a word, the Barbarian is discoverable everywhere in this, that he cannot make: that he can befog and destroy but that he cannot sustain; and of every Barbarian in the decline or peril of every civilization exactly that has been true.”
“June 19, 2006, 6: 46 pm pittsburgh hotels says: pittsburgh hotels removable Sibley. recital befog Kresge barricades”
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Exchange With Ramesh Ponnuru in The Corner
“Fully 45 percent of the votes, or hotly aspirated assertions, were for fog or befog.”
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
“Some types of information that cannot be obtained from record review are how well certain treatment procedures are befog done, or what mothers are being told.”
“Some types of information that can be obtained from record review are whether patients are befog sent to the appropriate referral facility or whether the medicines being administered to patients are appropriate for their conditions.”
“A crowded street will only detract from the message befog conveyed.”
“Vegetables thus contaminated would only be safe to eat after befog cooked or sterilized.”
“And we should not befog the issue by saying that this is degrading.”
“The combined effects of the blow he had received at the hands of the treacherous servant, the fall at the gate, and the long hours of mental anguish he had undergone, were quite enough to befog his brain.”
“He did not seek to befog a question by an extensive quotation of authorities.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘befog’.
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Fubbery and Blaflum
An arcade of artifice and deception.
fubbery, blaflum, Drunken Fist, escamoterie, archdeceiver, legerdemain, prestidigitation, prestidigital, glaik, imposture, fraud, disguise and 78 more...
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Hence, figuratively
Words with definitions containing both "hence" and "figuratively."
sternforemost, pearl, fulminate, salient, pocket, niche, rough-grained, harness, befog, zenith, pivot, blackwash and 37 more...
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Cloudy
with a chance of mizzle
puff, nebulous, fog, overcast, becloud, bedim, taint, befog, dapple, mottle, sully, pother and 83 more...
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Belistful
Tubey or not tubey.
belittle, bedazzle, besiege, besmirch, bespeckle, beget, bemoan, befuddle, befriend, become, besot, becloud and 596 more...
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artoparts's Words
illation, finite, edify, abide, abrade, vouch, amiss, vociferate, perusing, techantiquery, rigamarole, holon and 615 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Belist
Be- verbs (or verbals).
Words bewet through becalm were gratefully cribbed from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be-bewitch, bedeck, bedaub, become, bewilder, beknight, bereave, believe, behead, besiege, bespeak, befriend and 53 more...
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