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confound Verb 1. to astound or bewilder 2. to fail to distinguish between 3. confound it! damn it! [Latin confundere to mingle, pour together]
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confound verb 1. bewilder, baffle, amaze, confuse, astonish, startle, mix up, astound, perplex, surprise, mystify, flummox, boggle the mind, be all Greek to (informal) dumbfound, nonplus, flabbergast (informal) verb 2. disprove, contradict, refute, negate, destroy, ruin, overwhelm, explode, overthrow, demolish, annihilate, give the lie to, make a nonsense of, prove false, blow out of the water (slang) controvert, confute Translations (amaze) → verblüffen |
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Take up the spear and shield and arise to help us; confound and put to shame those who have devised evil against us, may they be before the faces of Thy faithful warriors as dust before the wind, and may Thy mighty Angel confound them and put them to flight; may they be ensnared when they know it not, and may the plots they have laid in secret be turned against them; let them fall before Thy servants' feet and be laid low by our hosts For fifty years they had peeped through that little window and across that trim garden, but never yet had such a sight as this come to confound them. It is a discourse against all those who confound virtue with tameness and smug ease, and who regard as virtuous only that which promotes security and tends to deepen sleep. |
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