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Perplex Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0
    perplex v
  1. be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
  2. make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" [syn: complicate] [ant: simplify]
Perplex Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
    Perplex \Per*plex"\, a. [L. perplexus entangled, intricate; per + plectere, plexum, to plait, braid: cf. F. perplexe. See Per-, and Plait.] Intricate; difficult. [Obs.] --Glanvill.
Perplex Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
    Perplex \Per*plex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perplexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Perplexing.] [L. perplexari. See Perplex, a.]
  1. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. No artful wildness to perplex the scene. --Pope. What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view. --Locke.
  2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. ``Perplexd beyond self-explication.'' --Shak. We are perplexed, but not in despair. --2 Cor. iv. 8. We can distinguish no general truths, or at least

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  • Perplexions: Name Perplexions | Type studio | Artist Melora Creager | Cover Melora. jpg | Released December 4, 2006 | Recorded | Genre | Length | ...
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* Sick I am of idle words, past all reconciling, Words that weary and perplex and pander and conceal, Wake the sounds that cannot lie, for all their sweet beguiling The language one need fathom not, but only hear and feel. - George Du Maurier


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  • Bills defense cross-training to perplex QBs
    ORCHARD PARK, NY -- Through two weeks of organized team activities, it's clear that the Buffalo Bills mean business on defense under new coordinator Mike Pettine. Read more on this news related to 'Perplex'
  • The big government perplex
    I remember a time when I used to entertain the notion that maybe Indiana would be better off if somehow it could manage to separate itself from the rest of the so-called United States. That's right: secede. Look, I thought to myself, we have a great lake to our north, with access to the Atlantic Ocean.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] Read more on this news related to 'Perplex'
  • Patients with mysterious illness perplex health officials
    UPDATE: The Alabama "mystery" respiratory illness, which claimed two lives, has been solved. Read more on this news related to 'Perplex'

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