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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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... expected," said the man. "Clever! Oh, excessively clever!" His hand moved again to the belt. "Now be very quiet. This may confuse ...

— Old Rambling House • Frank Patrick Herbert

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— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds

... condition. He collected the children and laboured to infuse into their hearts and heads some sort of moral principle. But his efforts were ineffectual, and left not a trace behind. They recollect him and his son well enough, but confuse the one with the other. And two of those who were under instruction for a while, when I questioned them about it, allowed that they had submitted to be bored by them for the sake of profiting ...

— Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe • Sabine Baring-Gould

... to the impressiveness of the scene, it was about this time that Charlestown, set on fire a little while before, that it should not give cover to the Americans, and that the smoke should confuse the rebels, burst into general conflagration. The town had been for weeks almost deserted, in dread of this fate; now at the command of Howe red-hot shot were thrown in among the houses, and marines landed from the ships and ...

— The Siege of Boston • Allen French

... am not a murderer. I could not kill that poor old man upstairs, no matter how dreadfully he suffers. I fear that you have overlooked the fact that I am an advocate, not a performer, of merciful deeds. You should not confuse my views with my practice. I advocate legalising the destruction of the hopelessly afflicted. Inasmuch as it is not a legal thing to do at present, I shall continue to practise my profession as all the rest of you do: conscientiously." ...

— From the Housetops • George Barr McCutcheon

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