From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Confound \Con*found"\ (k[o^]n*found"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Confounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confounding}.] [F. confondre,
fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere
to pour. See {Fuse} to melt, and cf. {Confuse}.]
1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be
distinguished; to confuse.
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They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for
them, but confound them with words, must have
endless dispute. --Locke.
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Let us go down, and there confound their language.
--Gen. xi. 7.
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2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
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They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and
pilferers, and were often confounded with the
gypsies. --Macaulay.
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3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike
with amazement; to dismay.
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The gods confound...
The Athenians both within and out that wall. --Shak.
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They trusted in thee and were not confounded. --Ps.
xxii. 5.
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So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood
A while as mute, confounded what to say. --Milton.
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4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]
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One man's lust these many lives confounds. --Shak.
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How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour? --Shak.
Syn: To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat;
terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See {Abash}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Confounded \Con*found"ed\, a.
1. Confused; perplexed; unclear in mind or intent;
bewildered.
Syn: at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, mazed,
mixed-up.
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A cloudy and confounded philosopher. --Cudworth.
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2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. [Colloq.]
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He was a most confounded tory. --Swift.
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The tongue of that confounded woman. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confounded
adj 1: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;
filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his
questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and
confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt
lost on the first day of school" [syn: {baffled},
{befuddled}, {bemused}, {bewildered}, {confounded},
{confused}, {lost}, {mazed}, {mixed-up}, {at sea}]
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