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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Confuse \Con*fuse"\, a. [F. confus, L. confusus p. p. of confundere See {Confound}.] Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] --Baret. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Confuse \Con*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confused}; p. pr & vb n. {Confusing}.] 1. 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. --Milton. 2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson. Confused and sadly she at length replied. --Pope. Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See {Abash}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: confuse v 1: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn: {mistake}, {confound}] 2: be confusing or perplexing to cause to be unable to think clearly: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: {throw}, {fox}, {befuddle}, {fuddle}, {bedevil}, {confound}, {discombobulate}] 3: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" [syn: {flurry}, {consternate}, {disconcert}, {put off}] 4: assemble without order or sense "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: {jumble}, {mix up}] 5: make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse" 6: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate" [syn: {blur}, {obscure}] [ant: {clarify}]
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