the act of covering with fog or obscuring; present participle of befog.
From 'befog' with the '-ing' suffix, forming the present participle and gerund.
The '-ing' form turns befog into a continuous process—'befogging the mind,' 'befogging the issue'—where clarity is slowly being hidden rather than suddenly obscured.
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