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confuse

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1. confuse - Adjective

2. confuse - Verb

Meaning

Mixed; confounded.

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.

To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a chance misfortune, an illness, a devilish reverie. But the very essence of the person is the image of God, and this remains in him despite every disfigurement. John of Kronstadt

If you can't convince them, confuse them. Harry S. Truman

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. John Ashbery

Two flavors confuse the palate. Ivorian Proverb

Never confuse gratitude with love. Mexican Proverb

Never confuse wisdom with luck. Klingon Proverb

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