Con*found" (k&obreve;n*found"), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Confounded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Confounding.] [F.
confondre, fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to
pour together; con- + fundere to pour. See
Fuse to melt, and cf. Confuse.] 1.
To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be
distinguished; to confuse.
They who strip not ideas from the marks men use
for them, but confound them with words, must have endless
dispute.
Locke.
Let us go down, and there confound their
language.
Gen. xi. 7.
2. To mistake for another; to identify
falsely.
They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and
pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies.
Macaulay.
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.
They trusted in thee and were not
confounded.
Ps. xxii. 5.
So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood
A while as mute, confounded what to say.
Milton.
4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
[Obs.]
One man's lust these many lives
confounds.
Shak.
How couldst thou in a mile confound an
hour?
Shak.
Syn. -- To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish;
defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.
