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1 aarchaic : to bring to ruin : destroy b: baffle, frustrate <conferences…are not for accomplishment but to confound knavish tricks
— J. K. Galbraith>2obsolete : consume, waste3 a: to put to shame : discomfit <a performance that confounded the critics> b: refute <sought to confound his arguments>4: damn5: to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity6 a: to fail to discern differences between : mix up b: to increase the confusion of
synonyms see puzzle
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