inumbrate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin inumbrātus, perfect passive participle of inumbrō (to shade), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

inumbrate (third-person singular simple present inumbrates, present participle inumbrating, simple past and past participle inumbrated)

  1. (obsolete) To put in shadow; to darken.
    • 1844, Sir William Cornwallis Harris, The Highlands of Æthiopia:
      An eclipse had suddenly inumbrated the moon, and as the black shadow was perceived stealing rapidly onwards, and casting a mysterious gloom over the face of nature []

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