obscribic
To write over existing text or markings in order to conceal, invalidate, or replace them. It specifically refers to the act of using new writing to obscure what was previously written on a surface.
Beispiele
3 von 5The clerk had to obscribic the error on the shipping label with a heavy black marker.
The clerk had to write over the error on the shipping label with a heavy black marker.
Strict regulations require officials to obscribic any personal identifiers before releasing the documents to the public.
Strict regulations require officials to black out or overwrite any personal identifiers before releasing the documents to the public.
Don't just cross it out; you need to obscribic the whole sentence so no one can read it.
Don't just cross it out; you need to write over the whole sentence so no one can read it.
Synonyme
Gegenteile
Wortfamilie
Merkhilfe
Think of 'Obscure' (to hide) + 'Scribe' (to write). You are a scribe making the text obscure by writing on top of it.
Schnelles Quiz
Due to the sensitive nature of the intelligence report, the agent was ordered to __________ the names of the informants.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: obscribic
Beispiele
The clerk had to obscribic the error on the shipping label with a heavy black marker.
everydayThe clerk had to write over the error on the shipping label with a heavy black marker.
Strict regulations require officials to obscribic any personal identifiers before releasing the documents to the public.
formalStrict regulations require officials to black out or overwrite any personal identifiers before releasing the documents to the public.
Don't just cross it out; you need to obscribic the whole sentence so no one can read it.
informalDon't just cross it out; you need to write over the whole sentence so no one can read it.
Archaeologists found that the stone tablet had been obscribiced multiple times, hiding the original Phoenician script.
academicArchaeologists found that the stone tablet had been written over multiple times, hiding the original Phoenician script.
If we obscribic the previous price on the inventory list, we can save time on printing new sheets.
businessIf we overwrite the previous price on the inventory list, we can save time on printing new sheets.
Synonyme
Gegenteile
Wortfamilie
Häufige Kollokationen
Häufige Phrasen
obscribic the past
to attempt to cover up or rewrite historical facts
obscribic and replace
to write over something in order to substitute it
impossible to obscribic
something that cannot be written over or hidden
Wird oft verwechselt mit
Describe means to give a detailed account in words, whereas obscribic means to write over something to hide it.
Obscure is a general term for making something unclear, while obscribic is the specific physical act of doing so by writing over it.
Nutzungshinweise
Obscribic is a rare and formal term typically found in archival studies or high-level administrative contexts. It is more specific than 'overwrite' because it emphasizes the concealment of the previous layer of text.
Häufige Fehler
Learners often mistakenly use 'obscribic' as an adjective because of the '-ic' suffix; however, in this specific test-context, it functions strictly as a verb.
Merkhilfe
Think of 'Obscure' (to hide) + 'Scribe' (to write). You are a scribe making the text obscure by writing on top of it.
Wortherkunft
Derived from the Latin 'ob' (over/against) and 'scribere' (to write).
Grammatikmuster
Kultureller Kontext
The concept is closely linked to the history of 'palimpsests,' where parchment was scraped clean or written over to save expensive materials.
Schnelles Quiz
Due to the sensitive nature of the intelligence report, the agent was ordered to __________ the names of the informants.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: obscribic
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