obscūrō āvī, ātus, āre obscurus, to render dark, darken, obscure: obscuratur luce solis lumen lucernae: caelum nocte obscuratum, S.: volucres Aethera obscurant pennis, V.: obscuratus sol, eclipsed.

—To hide, conceal, cover, shroud, darken, veil: neque nox tenebris obscurare coetūs nefarios potest: caput obscurante lacernā, H.: dolo ipsi obscurati, kept out of sight, S.

—Fig., of speech, to obscure, render indistinct, express indistinctly: nihil dicendo.

—To render unknown, bury in oblivion: fortuna res celebrat obscuratque, S.

—To suppress, hide, conceal: tuas laudes.

—To cause to be forgotten, render insignificant: periculi magnitudinem: eorum memoria sensim obscurata est: obscurata vocabula, obsolete, H.