transitive verb confused -·fused′, confusing -·fus′·ing

1. to mix up; jumble together; put into disorder
2. to mix up mentally; specif.,
   1. to bewilder; perplex
   2. to embarrass; disconcert; abash
   3. to fail to distinguish between; mistake the identity of

Etymology: ME confusen < confus, perplexed < OFr < L confusus, pp. of confundere: see confound