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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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