Both Uses of
obscure
in
The Return of the King
- And even at that moment the sun for a second faltered and was obscured, as though a dark wing had passed across it.
Chpt 5.1obscured = hid or made less visible or understandable
- The sinking moon was obscured by a great sailing cloud, but suddenly it rode out clear again.
Chpt 5.2 *obscured = made less visible
Definition:
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(obscure as in: it obscured my view) to block from view or make less visible or understandableeditor's notes: Although this meaning of obscure typically refers to seeing or understanding, it can also refer to situation where something makes something else harder to detect or as when a noise makes another noise difficult to hear. Similarly it can reference something overshadowing something else, as in "Her memory of her dog's death was obscured by her brother's death the next day."