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verb

Confuse v. t. (past & past part. confused; pres. part. confusing)

To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. "A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused."

To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. "Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days." "Confused and sadly she at length replied."

Synonyms: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See Abash.

adjective

Confuse adj. Mixed; confounded. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Confuse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Confuse" Quotes from Famous Books

... at all," cried Riddell, whom the bare mention of those ladies' names was sufficient to confuse hopelessly. ...

— The Willoughby Captains • Talbot Baines Reed

... may not have recourse to the supernatural, it is no wonder that my extreme desire to be known to you for good should so confuse me as to work the contrary effect. Possibly, too, one might be robbed of one's presence of mind by the crowd of military persons pushing for precedence, or treating the salutation ceremony in their ...

— Works, V2 • Lucian of Samosata

... (eggs and bacon!)—again the captain's foresight. He started us promptly for the range, surely the oddest sight that we have presented so far. In front went a huddle of men with benches, chairs, and tables, lamps for blacking the sights (lest they glitter and confuse the eye), the captain's megaphone, and the ammunition. We followed at route step in our greatcoats, some of us carrying ponchos, and except for our rifles and belts, no other equipment. Discipline was relaxed today, for the captain, ...

— At Plattsburg • Allen French

... Countrey, is more diffuse and confuse, as bound to few of these orders: Some two or more Gentlemen doe commonly make this match, appointing that on such a holyday, they will bring to such an indifferent place, two, three, or more parishes ...

— The Survey of Cornwall • Richard Carew

... not usually the case; it is more probably due to the beginning of a new function of secretion. The newborn baby has only enough saliva to furnish moisture for the mouth, and not until the age of four or five months does saliva really flow, and since the teeth appear a bit later we often confuse the institution of a new ...

— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler

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