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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
confound .
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Examples
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I have made seven voyages, by each of which hangeth a marvellous tale, such as confoundeth the reason, and all this came to pass by doom of fortune and fate; for from what destiny doth write there is neither refuge nor flight.
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But, whilst they were thus in joy and jollity and mirth and merriment, such as confoundeth the wit and the sight and defieth description, lo! the Wazir awoke and, missing his brother, arose in affright and found the door open.
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I have made seven voyages, by each of which hangeth a marvelous tale, such as confoundeth the reason, and all this came to pass by doom of Fortune and Fate.
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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I have made seven voyages, by each of which hangeth a marvellous tale, such as confoundeth the reason, and all this came to pass by doom of fortune and fate; for from what destiny doth write there is neither refuge nor flight.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The inexperienced wight, who, led by this unsubdued senses, hopeth to extract evil from good and good from evil, necessarily confoundeth misery with happiness.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The just shall hate a lying word: but the wicked confoundeth, and shall be confounded.
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And hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost who is given to us.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that confoundeth, becometh a disgrace to her father.
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The just shall hate a lying word: but the wicked confoundeth, and shall be confounded.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that confoundeth, becometh a disgrace to her father.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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