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Webster 1913 Edition

Confuse

Con-fuse′

,
Adj.
[F.
confus
, L.
confusus
, p. p. of
confundere
. See
Confound
.]
Mixed; confounded.
[Obs.]
Baret.

Con-fuse′

,
Verb.
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.
Syn. – To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See
Abash
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Confuse

CONFUSE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. 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.
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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