<b><font size="4">"confound"</font></b><br/><b>verb</b> <ol> <li>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: <a href="../confuse.html">confuse</a>, <a href="../throw.html">throw</a>, <a href="../fox.html">fox</a>, <a href="../befuddle.html">befuddle</a>, <a href="../fuddle.html">fuddle</a>, <a href="../bedevil.html">bedevil</a>, <a href="../discombobulate.html">discombobulate</a>] </li> <li>mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn: <a href="../confuse.html">confuse</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../confound.html">http://www.word.sc/confound</a>

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