BAF'FETAS BAF'FLE, verb transitive To mock or elude by artifice; to elude by shifts and turns; hence to defeat, or confound; as, to baffle the designs of an enemy. Fashionable follies baffle argument. BAF'FLE, verb intransitive To practice deceit. BAF'FLE, noun A defeat by artifice, shifts and turns.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI