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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Puzzle \Puz"zle\, n. [For opposal, in the sense of problem. See {Oppose}, {Pose}, v.] 1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as to be in a puzzle. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Puzzle \Puz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puzzled}; p. pr & vb n. {Puzzling}.] 1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand to nonplus. A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others --Dr. H. More He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders. --Addison. 2. To make intricate; to entangle. They disentangle from the puzzled skein. --Cowper. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison. 3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out as to puzzle out a mystery. Syn: To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See {Embarrass}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Puzzle \Puz"zle\, v. i. 1. To be bewildered, or perplexed. A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing. --L'Estrange. 2. To work as at a puzzle; as to puzzle over a problem. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: puzzle n 1: a particularly baffling problem; "That's a real puzzler" [syn: {puzzler}] 2: a toy that tests your ingenuity v : be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!" [syn: {perplex}, {get}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {bewilder}, {flummox}, {stupefy}, {stupify}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}, {trounce}]
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