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noun

Confusion n.

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. "The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable." "Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion."

The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. "Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart."

Overthrow; defeat; ruin. "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait."

One who confuses; a confounder. (Obs.)

Confusion of goods (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished.

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"Confusion" Quotes from Famous Books

... day, fortunately, was clear and calm. At noon Gissing blew the syren, fired a rocket from the bridge, and swung the engine telegraph to STOP. The ship's orchestra, by his orders, struck up a rollicking air. Quickly and without confusion, amid cries of Women and children first! the passengers filed to their allotted places. The crew and officers were all ...

— Where the Blue Begins • Christopher Morley

... about dusk the machinery slackened suddenly, and an unusual bustle was heard on deck. A man running past thrust an oil-can into Frank's hand, and bade him carry it to one of the engineers upon the starboard (right-hand) paddle-box. On deck all was confusion. Men were rushing hurriedly to and fro, while the paddle-box itself was occupied by an excited group of officers and engineers; and it was some time before Frank could make out what ...

— Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... ideas enter, without producing confusion make them more serviceable for every kind of use. "It is only by associating thoughts closely that a person comes to possess them securely and have command over them. One's reproduction of ideas is then rapid enough to enable him to comprehend a ...

— The Elements of General Method - Based on the Principles of Herbart • Charles A. McMurry

... details of the scheme outlined by Morgan so brilliantly, and it was late when he returned to the parlor of the Blue Anchor Inn. Half the company were drunk on the floor under the tables. The rest were singing, or shouting, or cursing, in accordance with their several moods. Above the confusion Hornigold could hear Teach's giant voice still roaring out his reckless refrain; bitter commentary on ...

— Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer - A Romance of the Spanish Main • Cyrus Townsend Brady

... The confusion from the blow was rapidly passing away, cleared as it was by a great horror—that of being overtaken and drowned in the flooding mine, and, sometimes striking himself heavily, but always ...

— Son Philip • George Manville Fenn

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