v. [f. BE- 6 + FOG sb.] trans. To envelope in fog; fig. to obscure, confuse.
1603. Harsnet, Pop. Impost., 134. What time that popish mist had befogged the eyes of our poore people.
1859. W. Irving, Goldsmith, 249. The wine and wassail … befogged his senses.
1879. Cornh. Mag., Dec., 695. He befogs the whole matter with a cloud of abuse.
Hence, Befogged ppl. a.
1601. Dent, Pathw. Heauen, 254. You are altogether befogd and benighted in this question.
1868. G. Macdonald, R. Falconer, II. 13. The pale, faintly befogged moon overhead.
1882. Standard, 6 Oct., 2/1. A benighted or befogged wayfarer.
