Hypertext Webster Gateway: "befuddle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befuddled}]
To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
befuddle
v 1: 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: {confuse}, {throw}, {fox},
{fuddle}, {bedevil}, {confound}, {discombobulate}]
2: make stupid with alcohol [syn: {fuddle}]
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