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[[File: Confusion large.jpg|right|frame|<center>[http://www.ursulakleguin.com/EricBeddows/05-Confusion_l.html from the book Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin and Illustrated by Eric Beddows]]]</center>
 
[[File: Confusion large.jpg|right|frame|<center>[http://www.ursulakleguin.com/EricBeddows/05-Confusion_l.html from the book Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin and Illustrated by Eric Beddows]]]</center>
 
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*1. Discomfiture, overthrow, ruin, destruction, perdition.
 
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:b. A [[cause]] of overthrow or ruin. (Cf. ruin.)
*1. Discomfiture, overthrow, ruin, destruction, perdition. ? Obs.
 
: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.
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*2. [[Mind|Mental]] discomfiture, putting to [[shame]].
:b. Overthrow or discomfiture in argument; confutation. Obs.
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: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.
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*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.
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: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.
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*6. Tumult, excited and disorderly commotion.     
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: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.
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*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.
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*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).
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*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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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Confusion''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Confusion '''''this link'''''].</center>
 
[[Category: General Reference]]
 
[[Category: General Reference]]

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  • 1. Discomfiture, overthrow, ruin, destruction, perdition.
b. A cause of overthrow or ruin. (Cf. ruin.)
c. as an imprecation or exclamation. (Cf. CONFOUND 2.)
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.
  • 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.
b. In reference to ideas, notions, etc.
c. Confused condition of anything.
d. with pl.
e. quasi-concr. A confused assemblage of. (rare.)
  • 6. Tumult, excited and disorderly commotion.
b. Civil commotion or disorder.
c. pl. Disorders, commotions.
  • 7. Mixture in which the distinction of the elements is lost by fusion, blending, or intimate intermingling.
b. Fusion together. Obs. rare.
  • 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).
For lessons on the topic of Confusion, follow this link.