I. To weave to or over any thing: “papilio fila araneosa alarum lanugine obtexit,” Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65.—
II. To weave over, i. e. to overspread, cover with any thing: “caelum obtexitur umbrā,” Verg. A. 11, 611: “per nubes caelum aliud obtexens,” Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104: “jaculis obtexitur aër,” Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 258.—Transf.: “excusationes obtexere avaritiae suae,” Ambros. in Luc. 8, § 78: “sol nubibus obtexitur,” id. Ep. 5, 4.