transcription, транскрипция: [ kən-ˈfau̇nd, kän- ]
transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French confundre, from Latin confundere to pour together, confuse, from com- + fundere to pour — more at found
Date: 14th century
1.
a. archaic : to bring to ruin : destroy
b. : baffle , frustrate
conferences…are not for accomplishment but to confound knavish tricks — J. K. Galbraith
2. obsolete : consume , waste
3.
a. : to put to shame : discomfit
a performance that confound ed the critics
b. : refute
sought to confound his arguments
4. : damn
5. : to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity
6.
a. : to fail to discern differences between : mix up
b. : to increase the confusion of
Synonyms: see puzzle
• con·found·er -ˈfau̇n-dər noun
• con·found·ing·ly -diŋ-lē adverb