Associations to the word «Obfuscate»

Wiktionary

OBFUSCATE, verb. To make dark; overshadow
OBFUSCATE, verb. To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
OBFUSCATE, verb. (computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
OBFUSCATE, adjective. (obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

Dictionary definition

OBFUSCATE, verb. Make obscure or unclear.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky