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confusticates

confusticates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of confusticate.

Meaning of confusticate

Verb

confusticate (third-person singular simple present confusticates, present participle confusticating, simple past and past participle confusticated)

  1. (US, informal, transitive) To confuse, confound, or perplex.
    • Massa Clifford’s eye sezs, plain as eber eye did, dat de niggers dat ’specs to confusticate him, mus’ be smarter dan eber yer was, or will be ter de fift’ generation.1852, Charles Jacobs Peterson, The Cabin and Parlor; or, Slaves and Masters, T. B. Peterson, page 76
    Synonyms:
    confuscate

Questions about confusticates

What is confusticates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Confusticates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of confusticate.

Words near confusticates in the dictionary

  1. confusopoly
  2. confussion
  3. confussions
  4. confusticate
  5. confusticated
  6. confusticates
  7. confusticating
  8. confustication
  9. confutability
  10. confutable
  11. confutation

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