1. (a.) Mixed; confounded.

2. (v. t.) 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.

3. (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

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