Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confuse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confuse \Con*fuse"\, a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of
confundere. See {Confound}.]
Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] --Baret.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confuse \Con*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confused}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Confusing}.]
1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished;
to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or
obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.
A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and
voices all confused. --Milton.
2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose
self-possession.
Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that
leads melodious days. --Tennyson.
Confused and sadly she at length replied. --Pope.
Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound;
obscure; distract. See {Abash}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
confuse
v 1: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with
the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
[syn: {mistake}, {confound}]
2: 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: {throw}, {fox}, {befuddle}, {fuddle},
{bedevil}, {confound}, {discombobulate}]
3: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the
young man confused her" [syn: {flurry}, {consternate}, {disconcert},
{put off}]
4: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when
she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: {jumble}, {mix
up}]
5: make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms
only confuse"
6: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused
the debate" [syn: {blur}, {obscure}] [ant: {clarify}]
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