Definition of Confound

Con`found´   Pronunciation: kǒn`found´
v. t.1.To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
[imp. & p. p. Confounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Confounding.]
Let us go down, and there confound their language.
- Gen. xi. 7.
2.To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
3.To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
The gods confound...
The Athenians both within and out that wall.
- Shak.
4.To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour?
- Shak.


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