Definition of confound

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Confound (v. t.) To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

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Consternation :: Consternation (n.) Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay..
Subvert :: Subvert (v. t.) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound..
Awhape :: Awhape (v. t.) To confound; to terrify; to amaze.
Dudder :: Dudder (v. t.) To confuse or confound with noise.
Mate :: Mate (v. t.) To confuse; to confound.
Confound :: Confound (v. t.) To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
Intrapetiolar :: Intrapetiolar (a.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning..
Confound :: Confound (v. t.) To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse..
Corno Di Bassetto :: Corno di bassetto () A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe..
Stumble :: Stumble (v. t.) Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall.
Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].
Abash :: Abash (v. t.) To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit..
Nonplus :: Nonplus (v. t.) To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
Nonplus :: Nonplus (n.) A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.
Astound :: Astound (a.) To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear..
Blank :: Blank (a.) Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Confounding :: Confounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confoun.
Freya :: Freya (n.) The daughter of Njord, and goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, but in Scandinavian, distinct..
Schottische :: Schottische (n.) A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Ecossaise..
Amazedness :: Amazedness (n.) The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder..
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