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Definition of Befogs
1. befog [v] - See also: befog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Befogs
Literary usage of Befogs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pacific Educational Journal by California Dept. of Public Instruction (1894)
"The object of this work is to clear away much ot that which befogs the study of
geography by showing that the names are not mere sounds, but significant ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... wrong than to our young students, by compelling them to listen to lectures,
and to work, in an atmosphere that dulls their wits and befogs their minds. ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1908)
"He takes up, in order, the topics of bodily discomfort (here he befogs the issue,
to some extent, by a confusion of pain as feeling with pain as sensation) ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1835)
"__ . r . , ,Lf _ Lord Tenterden CJ, at the sittings in Middlesex befogs bank-
before Michaelmas term 1830, was referred to a gentle- ruptcy, bad man of tne ..."
5. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"... endowed by its author with a superior refinement which links it to immaterial
befogs, and thereby ennobles and elevates it into that medium nature which ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"... which it deadens with meaningless jargon and befogs with ill-comprehended
notions. The highest scientific authorities have proclaimed this; ..."
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