Definition of "becloud" [be•cloud]

• To darken with or as if with clouds; obscure: a development that beclouds the real issues. (verb-transitive)

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• "I have to do the decidin 'myself; I have to interpret the true spirit of the law without technicalities an' quibbles such as becloud it in other an 'higher courts."
• "It is in the interest of higher values, Americans understand higher, that is, than theirs that they are now expected to accept official efforts to becloud reality."
• "Formerly Palestinian neighborhoods were even given Hebrew nationalistic names in order to becloud any memory of their pre-1948 residents."