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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).

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]