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con·found (kən fo̵und′; for 3, usually kän′-)
transitive verb
- to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; confuse
- to make feel confused; bewilder
- to damn: used as a mild oath
- Archaic to defeat or destroy
- Archaic to abash
Etymology: ME confouṅden < OFr confondre < L confundere, to pour together, confuse < com-, together + fundere, to pour: see found
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