confuse v
1. mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn: confound]
2. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]
3. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" [syn: flurry, disconcert, put off}]
4. assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: jumble, mix up}]
5. make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse"
6. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: blur, obscure, obnubilate]

Confuse \Con*fuse"\, a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See Confound.] Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] --Baret.

Confuse \Con*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confused; p. pr. & vb. n. Confusing.]
1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. --Milton.
2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that

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Confusion (from Latin confusĭo, -ōnis, noun of action from confundere "to pour together", also "to confuse") of a pathological degree usually refers to loss of orientation (ability to place oneself correctly in the world by time,

Confusion may result from a relatively sudden brain dysfunction. Acute confusion is often called delirium (also called acute confusional state), although delirium also includes a broader array of disorders than confusion, e.g. inability to focus attention and various impairments in awareness and temporal and spatial orientation.

Confusion may also result from chronic organic brain pathologies such as dementia. In either case, confusion is usually associated with some degree of loss of ability to focus attention, but (as noted) the association is not invariable, especially for lesser degrees of impairment.

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