confound
kon fownd
- v be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- v mistake one thing for another
- Amber found in a coal seam in southern Illinois appears to confound categories.
- As Kersey devises booby traps and trip-wire bombs to confound the gang, the senior citizens gleefully take pot shots at the wounded gang members from their windows.
- The answer: She intends to confound and dismay.