infuscate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings

WordNet


In*fus"cate transitive verb
Etymology
L. infuscatus, p. p. of infuscare; pref. in- in + fuscare to make dark, fr. fuscus dark.
Definitions
  1. To darken; to make black; to obscure.

Webster 1913