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| :b. A [[cause]] of overthrow or ruin. (Cf. ruin.) | | :b. A [[cause]] of overthrow or ruin. (Cf. ruin.) |
| :c. as an imprecation or exclamation. (Cf. CONFOUND 2.) | | :c. as an imprecation or exclamation. (Cf. CONFOUND 2.) |
− | *2. Mental discomfiture, putting to [[shame]]. | + | *2. [[Mind|Mental]] discomfiture, putting to [[shame]]. |
| :b. Overthrow or discomfiture in [[argument]]; confutation. Obs. | | :b. Overthrow or discomfiture in [[argument]]; confutation. Obs. |
| *3. Mental perturbation or agitation such as prevents the full command of the faculties; embarrassment, perplexity, fluttered condition. | | *3. Mental perturbation or agitation such as prevents the full command of the faculties; embarrassment, perplexity, fluttered condition. |
− | *4. The action of confounding, confusing, or throwing into disorder: spec. in reference to the ‘confusion of tongues’ at the tower of Babel. | + | *4. The [[action]] of confounding, confusing, or throwing into disorder: spec. in reference to the ‘confusion of tongues’ at the [[tower of Babel]]. |
| *5. A confused or disordered condition; disorder. | | *5. A confused or disordered condition; disorder. |
− | :b. In reference to ideas, notions, etc. | + | :b. In reference to [[ideas]], notions, etc. |
| :c. Confused condition of anything. | | :c. Confused condition of anything. |
| :d. with pl. | | :d. with pl. |
| :e. quasi-concr. A confused assemblage of. (rare.) | | :e. quasi-concr. A confused assemblage of. (rare.) |
− | *6. Tumult, excited and disorderly commotion. b. Civil commotion or disorder. | + | *6. Tumult, excited and disorderly commotion. |
| + | :b. Civil commotion or disorder. |
| :c. pl. Disorders, commotions. | | :c. pl. Disorders, commotions. |
− | *7. Mixture in which the distinction of the elements is lost by fusion, blending, or intimate intermingling. | + | *7. Mixture in which the distinction of the elements is lost by [[fusion]], blending, or [[intimate]] intermingling. |
| :b. Fusion together. Obs. rare. | | :b. Fusion together. Obs. rare. |
− | *8. The quality of being confused, indistinct, or obscure: said of objects of sensuous or mental attention. | + | *8. The [[quality]] of being confused, indistinct, or obscure: said of objects of sensuous or mental attention. |
− | *9. The confounding or mistaking of one for another; failure to distinguish. Const. of (things), of one with another, between (things). | + | *9. The confounding or mistaking of one for another; failure to distinguish. Const. of ([[things]]), of one with another, between (things). |
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