inumbrate

verb

1. To put in shadow; to darken.

   obsolete

   An eclipse had suddenly inumbrated the moon, and as the black shadow was perceived stealing rapidly onwards, and casting a mysterious gloom over the face of nature[…]

Where it comes from

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin inumbrātus, perfect passive participle of inumbrō (“to shade”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry inumbrate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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