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CONFOUND v. 4 definitions

To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

CONFOUNDED a. 2 definitions

Confused; perplexed.

CONFOUNDEDLY adv.

Extremely; odiously; detestably. [Colloq.] "Confoundedly sick." Goldsmith.

CONFOUNDEDNESS n.

The state of being confounded.

One who confounds.

To free from a state of confusion, or of being confounded. Milton.

UNCONFOUNDED a.

Not confounded. Bp. Warburton.

Abashed; confounded; discomfited. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly. "Amazing Europe with her wit." Goldsmith. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David Matt. xii. 23.

The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder. Bp. Hall.

"museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. The larvæ are commonly confounded with moths.

ar, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion. Musidorus . . . had his wits astonished with sorrow. Sidney. I, Daniel . . . was astonished at the vision. Dan. viii. 27.

To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind. Milton.

awe, nor around us to awaken tenderness. R. Hall. Atheism and pantheism are often wrongly confounded. Shipley.

oms; relating to atomism. [R.] It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis. Coleridge.

To confound; to terrify; to amaze. [Obs.] Spenser.

Utterly confounded or discomfited. Adam . . . astonied stood, and blank. Milton.

To confound by a loud blast or din. Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's ear. Shak.

Confounded; accursed; detestable. Some of her own blasted gypsies. Sir W. Scott.