CONFUSE, verb transitive [Latin See Confound.] 1. To mix or blend things, so that they cannot be distinguished. Stunning sounds and voices all confused. Every battle of the warrior is with confused noise. Isaiah 9:5. 2. To disorder; as, a sudden alarm confused the troops; a careless bookkeeper has confused the accounts. 3. To perplex; to render indistinct; as, the clamor confused his ideas. 4. To throw the mind into disorder; to cast down or abash; to cause to blush; to agitate by surprise, or shame; to disconcert. A sarcastic remark confused the gentleman and he could not proceed in his argument. CONFUSEd and sadly she at length replied.
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