confuse
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[edit] Etymology
con- (possibly a variant of the Latin prefix com-, meaning with or together) and the noun fusion (1555, from M.Fr. fusion, from L. fusionem (nom. fusio), from fusus, pp. of fundere "pour, melt" (see found (2)). In nuclear physics sense, first recorded 1947. join). http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fusion)
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[edit] Verb
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to confuse (third-person singular simple present confuses, present participle confusing, simple past and past participle confused)
- To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
- (obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
- To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
- To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
- To mistake one thing for another.
[edit] Synonyms
- flummox
- See also Wikisaurus:confuse
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
to mix thoroughly
to rout — see rout
to mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder
to embarrass
to mistake one thing for another
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[edit] See also
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
confuse pl.
- Feminine form of confuso.
[edit] Verb
confuse
- third person singular past historic of confondere
- Feminine plural past participle of confondere
