confoundest

Verb

confound (third-person singular simple present confounds, present participle confounding, simple past and past participle confounded)

1. To perplex or puzzle.
   • And the brother of Jared being a large and mighty man, and a man highly favored of the Lord, Jared, his brother, said unto him: Cry unto the Lord, that he will not confound us that we may not understand our words.1830, Joseph Smith, Jr., Book of Mormon: Ether, i, 34

   Synonyms:

   puzzle, vex

2. To stun or amaze.
3. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
   • They vvho leſſe ſeriouſly conſider the force of vvords, doe ſometimes confound Lavv vvith Counſell, ſometimes vvith Covenant, ſometimes vvith Right. They confound Lavv vvith Counſel, vvho think, that it is the duty of Monarchs not onely to give ear to their Counſellours, but alſo to obey them, as...1651, Tho[mas] Hobbes, “[Dominion.] Chapter XIV. Of Lawes and Trespasses.”, in Philosophicall Rudiments Concerning Government and Society. […], London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond] for R[ichard] Royston...

   Synonyms:

   confuse, mix up, addle, baffle, vex, lose, embroil, stick, stump, baffound

4. (proscribed, sometimes) To make something worse.
   • Don't confound the situation by yelling.
5. To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
   • There the freſh and ſalt water would meete and be confounded together, […]1611, Coryat, Crudities, volume I, page 195
6. To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
   • His actions confounded the skeptics.

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