befog

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: be=fog

CIDE DICTIONARY

befog, v. t. 

•  To involve in a fog; -- mostly as a participle or part. adj.  [1913 Webster]
•  Hence: To confuse; to mystify.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

befog, v.tr. (befogged, befogging)
1 confuse; obscure.
2 envelop in fog.

THESAURUS

befog

becloud, bedim, bemist, bewilder, blanket, blind, blur, camouflage, cap, clabber up, cloak, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, conceal, confound, confuse, cover, cover up, curtain, darken, darken over, dim, disguise, dissemble, distract attention from, eclipse, encloud, enmist, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, fog, gloss over, haze, hide, keep under cover, mask, mist, muddy, nubilate, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, occult, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, oversmoke, perplex, pose, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, slur over, smog, smoke, stumble, varnish, veil, whitewash

ROGET THESAURUS

befog

Concealment

VB conceal, hide, secrete, put out of sight, lock up, seal up, bottle up, encrypt, encode, cipher, cover, screen, cloak, veil, shroud, cover up one's tracks, screen from sight, screen from observation, drawing the veil, draw the curtain, close the curtain, curtain, shade, eclipse, throw a view over, be cloud, be mask, mask, disguise, ensconce, muffle, smother, befog, whisper, keep from, keep back, keep to oneself, keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark, bury, sink, suppress, keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight, keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background, stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve, fence with a question, ignore, keep a secret, keep one's own counsel, hold one's tongue, make no sign, not let it go further, not breathe a word, not breathe a syllable about, not let the right hand know what the left is doing, hide one's light under a bushel, bury one's talent in a napkin, keep in the dark, leave in the dark, keep in the ignorance, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, hoodwink, mystify, puzzle, bamboozle, be concealed, suffer an eclipse, retire from sight, couch, hide oneself, lie hid, lie in perdu, lie in close, lie in ambush (ambush), seclude oneself, lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl, steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along, play at bopeep, play at hide and seek, hide in holes and corners, still hunt.