befog
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(v)
befog
make less visible or unclear "The stars are obscured by the clouds","the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
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Befog
Hence: To confuse; to mystify. -
Befog
To involve in a fog; -- mostly as a participle or part. adj.
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befog
To involve in fog; hence, figuratively, to confuse; make obscure or uncertain; bewilder: as, to befog the mind with sophistry.
The corporal had been dozing for twenty minutes, and he awoke with mind somewhat befogged. "Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines" by
The practise of law to him was to convince, befog or divert the jury; he could do it, and so he applied for permission to practise law. "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7" by
You've let his plausible tongue and handsome face befog you. "The Pagan Madonna" by
As to the rest, he was in a state of befogged memory. "The Rough Road" by
He never lived among our Scotch mists, or he wouldn't be so befogged in his ideas. "Ben Comee" by
Mental befogment results, 230. "The Battle with the Slum" by
Political refugees befog themselves and befog others. "Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862" by
Thorn's befogged brain stirred dazedly as the message came. "Invasion" by
He passed his hand dully across his brow as if to brush the mist from his befogged brain. "Carmen Ariza" by
She seemed to grow afraid, too, of the spell that was befogging them, and sought rescue in a flippancy. "The Cup of Fury" by
Here is no bribe, nor colorings to hide,
Nor pettifogger to befog the case,
But justice hath her glory here well tried.
Her spotless law all spotted cases tends;
Without respect or disrespect them ends.