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Word: Confuse
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English (in the sense ‘rout, bring to ruin’): from Old French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere ‘mingle together’ (see confound). Originally all senses of the verb were passive, and therefore appeared only as the past participle confused; the active voice occurred rarely until the 19th century when it began to replace confound
kənˈfjuːz
make (someone) bewildered or perplexed
Short Definition:make someone bewildered or perplexed
Examples:- past and present blurred together, confusing her still further
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