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Meaning of confuse

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  confuse
      v 1: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with
           the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
           [syn: {confuse}, {confound}]
      2: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think
         clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This
         question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even
         the teacher" [syn: {confuse}, {throw}, {fox}, {befuddle},
         {fuddle}, {bedevil}, {confound}, {discombobulate}]
      3: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the
         young man confused her" [syn: {confuse}, {flurry},
         {disconcert}, {put off}]
      4: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when
         she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: {jumble},
         {confuse}, {mix up}]
      5: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused
         the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn:
         {confuse}, {blur}, {obscure}, {obnubilate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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