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be·fog

(bĭ-fôg′, -fŏg′)

tr.v. be·fogged, be·fog·ging, be·fogs

1. To cover or obscure with or as if with fog.

2. To cause confusion in; muddle.

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befog

(bɪˈfɒɡ)

vb (tr) , -fogs, -fogging or -fogged

1. to surround with fog

2. to make confused, vague, or less clear

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be•fog

(bɪˈfɒg, -ˈfɔg)

v.t. -fogged, -fog•ging.

1. to envelop in fog.

2. to render unclear or confused.

[1595–1605]

befog

Past participle: befogged
Gerund: befogging

Imperative
befog
befog

Present
I befog
you befog
he/she/it befogs
we befog
you befog
they befog

Preterite
I befogged
you befogged
he/she/it befogged
we befogged
you befogged
they befogged

Present Continuous
I am befogging
you are befogging
he/she/it is befogging
we are befogging
you are befogging
they are befogging

Present Perfect
I have befogged
you have befogged
he/she/it has befogged
we have befogged
you have befogged
they have befogged

Past Continuous
I was befogging
you were befogging
he/she/it was befogging
we were befogging
you were befogging
they were befogging

Past Perfect
I had befogged
you had befogged
he/she/it had befogged
we had befogged
you had befogged
they had befogged

Future
I will befog
you will befog
he/she/it will befog
we will befog
you will befog
they will befog

Future Perfect
I will have befogged
you will have befogged
he/she/it will have befogged
we will have befogged
you will have befogged
they will have befogged

Future Continuous
I will be befogging
you will be befogging
he/she/it will be befogging
we will be befogging
you will be befogging
they will be befogging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been befogging
you have been befogging
he/she/it has been befogging
we have been befogging
you have been befogging
they have been befogging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been befogging
you will have been befogging
he/she/it will have been befogging
we will have been befogging
you will have been befogging
they will have been befogging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been befogging
you had been befogging
he/she/it had been befogging
we had been befogging
you had been befogging
they had been befogging

Conditional
I would befog
you would befog
he/she/it would befog
we would befog
you would befog
they would befog

Past Conditional
I would have befogged
you would have befogged
he/she/it would have befogged
we would have befogged
you would have befogged
they would have befogged

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Verb

befog - make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

becloud, fog, haze over, obnubilate, obscure, mist, cloud

conceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"

overshadow - cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"

befog

verb

To make dim or indistinct:

becloud, bedim, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shadow.

Translations

Nebel

brouiller

befog

[bɪˈfɒg] VT (liter) (= confuse) [+ issue etc] → entenebrecer; [+ person] → ofuscar, confundir

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befog

vt (fig) issue → vernebeln; person, mind → verwirren; (alcohol, blow) → benebeln; to be befogged (person) → benebelt sein; (issue) → verwirrt sein

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The long slide to the befogging of Nanay's mind was a protracted twilight that tarried and dillydallied like a truant child for as long as it could.

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Major Mordecai Myers' portrait has been mislaid past finding, but out of my memories 1 often come on it in the setting of our Revere Street house, a setting now fixed in the mind, where it survives all the distortions of fantasy, all the blank befogging of forgetfulness.