(verb) : in-fusco, āvi, ātum, 1
* To make dark or dusky, to darken, obscure.
* Lit.: humida fulmina non urunt sed infuscant,Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137: aquā infuscatā atramento,id. 9, 29, 45, § 84; Vict. Orig. Gentis R. 14: vellera,Verg. G. 3, 389: harenam sanie,id. ib. 493: rufum colorem nigro,Gell. 2, 26, 8.—Transf.: vinum,to dilute wine,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 21: saporem,to spoil the taste,Col. 12, 19, 2: sonum, to obscure or lower the voice, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82: vox non infuscata, Sen. praef. Contr. 1 med.
* Trop., to obscure, sully, stain, tarnish: metuo ne quid infuscaverit,lest he do some mischief,Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 46: nec eos aliqua barbaries domestica infuscaverat,Cic. Brut. 74, 258: vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā,id. Planc. 9, 22: gloriosam militiam,Just. 12, 11: victoriae gloriam saevitiae macula,id. 12, 5: jus pietatis,Calp. Declam. 24.

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