bemuse
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verb (used with object), be·mused, be·mus·ing.
to bewilder or confuse (someone).
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to confuse; bewilder | |
| be'musement | |
| —n | |
| be'musing | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
bemuse
"to make utterly confused," from be- + muse (cf. amuse), attested from 1735 but probably older, as Pope (1705) punned on it as "devoted utterly to the Muses."
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