inumbrate

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verb

To put in shadow; to darken.

OriginLatin inumbrātus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person inumbrates · participle present inumbrating · participle past inumbrated · past inumbrated

  1. obsoleteTo put in shadow; to darken.

    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[…]

    1844, Sir William Cornwallis Harris, The Highlands of Æthiopia

Origin

  1. Latininumbrātus
  2. Englishinumbrate

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

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inumbrate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inumbrate.

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