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Definition of Confound |
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Confound
To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse. To mistake for another; to identify falsely. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. Related Definitions: Amazement, And, Another, Be, Blend, Can, Confuse, Confusion, Destroy, Different, Dismay, Disorder, Distinguished, Falsely, For, Identify, Into, Mingle, Mistake, Not, Or, Perplex, Ruin, So, Strike, That, Throw, To, Waste, With |
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Confound Quotations
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house. Aeschylus Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce. George Byron You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art. Kit Williams The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity. Maria Montessori Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. William Wycherley |
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Confound Translations
confound in French is confondent, confondez, confonds, confondons confound in German is verwechseln |
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