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confound definition

con·found (kən fo̵und′; for 3, usually kän′-)

transitive verb

  1. to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; confuse
  2. to make feel confused; bewilder
  3. to damn: used as a mild oath
  4. Archaic to defeat or destroy
  5. Archaic to abash

Etymology: ME confouṅden < OFr confondre < L confundere, to pour together, confuse < com-, together + fundere, to pour: see found

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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