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  1. transitive verb To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter.
  2. transitive verb To clarify or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study: He puzzled out the significance of the statement.
  3. intransitive verb To be perplexed.
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  • You could see that the pieces of the puzzle are already placed on the layer —  Pixel2Life.com: Latest 15 Tutorials
  • Another piece of this puzzle is the Water Conservation Ordinance for Landscape Irrigation, which governs lawn watering. —  news | OS | http://www.ocala.com
  • Another part of the puzzle is the question of what is being predicted-temperature, precipitation, or severe storms such as tornadoes and hurricanes. —  National Coalition for History
  • You don't need a giant empty table to put it together since the puzzle is actually composed of just 4 pieces, which are represented on a set of electronic cubes that feature LCD displays and magnetic connectors. —  OhGizmo!
  • The Petty part of the puzzle was the last part needed to turn things around. —  On Pit Row
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disturb ·  odd ·  perplex ·  confuse ·  mystery ·  startle ·  bizarre ·  riddle ·  inexplicable ·  intrigue

Used in the same contextWord Family

puzzle:   puzzling ·  puzzles ·  puzzled
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. By apheresis, as if *pozel, *posal, from early modern English opposal, opposelle, apposelle, from Middle English opposayle, a question put, from opposen, apposen, English oppose, by apheresis pose, question: see oppose and pose.
  2. from puzzle, n.
 

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