enubilate

English

Etymology

From Latin ēnūbilātus, past participle of ēnūbilāre (“to enubilate”), from ē- (“out”) + nūbila (“clouds”), from nūbilis (“cloudy”), nūbēs (“cloud”).

Verb

enubilate (third-person singular simple present enubilates, present participle enubilating, simple past and past participle enubilated)

1. (rare, transitive) To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity.
   • 1903, “Saturday Reviews”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Maeterlinck is gradually enubilating himself from those enchanted mists in which first he strayed.

References

• “enubilate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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