Definition of confound

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Confound (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; to waste.

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Blank :: Blank (a.) Utterly confounded or discomfited.
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.].
Intrapetiolar :: Intrapetiolar (a.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning..
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..
Amaze :: Amaze (v. t.) To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly..
Confounding :: Confounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confoun.
Confound :: Confound (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
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..
Unshape :: Unshape (v. t.) To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to confound; to derange..
Irony :: Irony (n.) Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
Schottische :: Schottische (n.) A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Ecossaise..
Confounded :: Confounded (imp. & p. p.) of Confoun.
Abash :: Abash (v. t.) To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit..
Dudder :: Dudder (v. t.) To confuse or confound with noise.
Confounded :: Confounded (a.) Excessive; extreme; abominable.
Confounded :: Confounded (a.) Confused; perplexed.
Unconfound :: Unconfound (v. t.) To free from a state of confusion, or of being confounded..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din.
Confoundedness :: Confoundedness (n.) The state of being confounded.
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..
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