Word Meanings - INFUSCATED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Darkened with a blackish tinge.
Related words: (words related to INFUSCATED)
- DARKEN
Etym: 1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton. - DARKENING
Twilight; gloaming. Wright. - DARKENER
One who, or that which, darkens. - TINGENT
Having the power to tinge. As for the white part, it appears much less enriched with the tingent property. Boyle. - TINGE
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color - TINGER
One who, or that which, tinges. - BLACKISH
Somewhat black. - CONTINGENT
Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone. (more info) touch on all sides, to happen; con- - STINGER
One who, or that which, stings. Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusæ of our seas are stingers. Owen. - ATTINGE
To touch lightly. Coles. - CONTINGENCY
A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected. Syn. -- Casualty; accident; chance. (more info) 1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. "Point of contingency." - CONTINGENTLY
In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally. - CONTINGENCE
See CONTINGENCY - CONTINGENTNESS
The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.