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confuscate

confuscate verb: to confuse, confound, or perplex. Also the misspelling of confiscate.

Verb

confuscate (third-person singular simple present confuscates, present participle confuscating, simple past and past participle confuscated)

  1. To confuse, confound, or perplex.
    Synonyms:
    confusticate
  2. To complicate; to cause confusion.

Also used as

confuscate is also the misspelling of confiscate.

Synonyms of confuscate

Forms of confuscate

third-person singular presentconfuscates
present participleconfuscating
past participleconfuscated
pastconfuscated

Questions about confuscate

What does confuscate mean?
Confuscate means to confuse, confound, or perplex.
What part of speech is confuscate?
Confuscate is a verb.
What is the past tense of confuscate?
The past tense of confuscate is confuscated.

Words near confuscate in the dictionary

  1. confurcation
  2. confusability
  3. confusable
  4. confusables
  5. confusably
  6. confuscate
  7. confuscated
  8. confuscates
  9. confuscating
  10. confuscation
  11. confuse

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