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confound

/kənˈfaʊnd/

An illustration for confound

verb

to confuse and greatly surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain a situation

  • “He was confounded at the sight of the teacher.”Tatoeba
  • “One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to the good.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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