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confound

[ kon-found, kuhn-; kon-found ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse:

    The complicated directions confounded him.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to throw into confusion or disorder:

    The revolution confounded the people.

  3. to throw into increased confusion or disorder.
  4. to treat or regard erroneously as identical; mix or associate by mistake:

    truth confounded with error.

  5. to mingle so that the elements cannot be distinguished or separated.
  6. to damn (used in mild imprecations):

    Confound it!

  7. to contradict or refute:

    to confound their arguments.

  8. to put to shame; abash.
  9. Archaic.
    1. to defeat or overthrow.
    2. to bring to ruin or naught.
  10. Obsolete. to spend uselessly; waste.


confound

/ 办蓹苍藞蹿补蕣苍诲 /

verb

  1. to astound or perplex; bewilder
  2. to mix up; confuse
  3. to treat mistakenly as similar to or identical with (one or more other things)
  4. 办蓲苍藞蹿补蕣苍诲 to curse or damn (usually as an expletive in the phrase confound it! )
  5. to contradict or refute (an argument, etc)
  6. to rout or defeat (an enemy)
  7. obsolete.
    to waste
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 肠辞苍藞蹿辞耻苍诲别谤, noun
  • 肠辞苍藞蹿辞耻苍诲补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路蹿辞耻苍诲路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 肠辞苍路蹿辞耻苍诲路别谤 noun
  • 颈苍路迟别谤路肠辞苍路蹿辞耻苍诲 verb (used with object)
  • 辫谤别路肠辞苍路蹿辞耻苍诲 verb (used with object)
  • 耻苍路肠辞苍路蹿辞耻苍诲 verb (used with object)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of confound1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English conf(o)unden, from Anglo-French confoundre, from Latin confundere 鈥渢o mix,鈥 equivalent to con- con- + fundere 鈥渢o pour鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of confound1

C13: from Old French confondre, from Latin confundere to mingle, pour together, from fundere to pour
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Example Sentences

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A medieval cemetery unearthed near Cardiff Airport is continuing to confound archaeologists, as the mysteries surrounding it are multiplying.

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But again and again events pop up to complicate and confound any apparently linear path towards it.

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A bold Aries woman like Selena seemed to confound Abraham, with his work ethic and headstrong personality.

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To welcome the appellation of "b***h" is confounding on the face of it, since it was by and large recognized as a profane term of abuse.

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He effectively used his splitter and confounded his opponents by throwing in an occasional curveball.

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