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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French obumbrer (“to overshadow”), from Latin obumbrō (“to overshadow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔˈbumbrən/, /aˈbumbrən/
Verb
obumbren (third-person singular simple present obumbreth, present participle obumbrende, obumbrynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle obumbred)
- (of countries) to overshadow
- (of people, with over or to) to spread like a shadow over
- (of eyes) to cover
- (of the germination of beans) to shelter or protect
- (Christianity, in passive, to be obumbred to) to be caused to overshadow (a reference to the causative role played by the Holy Spirit in the Virgin Mary's conception of Christ)
- Chaucer
- Or half the blisse who coude wryte or tel
- Whan the holy goost to thee was obumbred
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.