CONFOUND

transitive verb see: found Date: 14th century 1. to bring to ruin ; destroy , baffle , frustrate , consume , waste , 3. to put to shame ; discomfit , refute , damn , to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity, 6. to fail to discern differences between ; mix up, to increase the confusion of, see: puzzle ~er noun ~ingly adverb