Third person singular present tense of becloud; makes unclear or confuses.
From 'becloud' with the third person singular present suffix '-s'; follows standard English verb conjugation patterns.
Even though 'becloud' is somewhat archaic, it occasionally resurfaces in literary and formal writing because it's more evocative than 'confuse'—the cloud imagery is just more memorable.
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