perplex

• They are 'purely theoretical' in the sense that they never perplex, or indeed enter in any way into, business decisions and have no relevance to the causal sequence of economic events, which are clear-cut and determinate in spite of the quantitative indeterminacy of these concepts. —  The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money: Project Gutenberg Australia
• THE LITERARY LADY What motley cares Corilla's mind perplex, Whom maids and metaphors conspire to vex! —  The Book of Humorous Verse
• III, perplex, confuse, trouble disturb, be a hindrance, 81 wërt} ({-des}), aj. —  A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
• You perplex, you puzzle me. —  Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
• There was no deep thinking to perplex, no subtler beauties to pause upon; the feelings were stirred pleasantly, but not deeply; the effect was on the surface. —  Brief History of English and American Literature

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