Definition of confound

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Confound (v. t.) To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

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Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].
Dudder :: Dudder (v. t.) To confuse or confound with noise.
Blend :: Blend (v. t.) To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound..
Confounded :: Confounded (a.) Confused; perplexed.
Amazedness :: Amazedness (n.) The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder..
Nonplus :: Nonplus (v. t.) To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
Zaffer :: Zaffer (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc..
Confound :: Confound (v. t.) To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
Stunning :: Stunning (a.) Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise..
Distinguish :: Distinguish (v. t.) To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum..
Wringbolt :: Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt..
Corno Di Bassetto :: Corno di bassetto () A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe..
Dumfounder :: Dumfounder (v. t.) To dumfound; to confound.
Confounder :: Confounder (n.) One who confounds.
Subvert :: Subvert (v. t.) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound..
Unshape :: Unshape (v. t.) To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to confound; to derange..
Astound :: Astound (a.) To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear..
Astonish :: Astonish (v. t.) To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion..
Distract :: Distract (v. t.) To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass..
Confound :: Confound (v. t.) To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse..
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