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ad·dle    Audio Help   [ad-l] Pronunciation Key verb, -dled, -dling, adjective
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.to make or become confused.
2.to make or become rotten, as eggs.
–adjective
3.mentally confused; muddled.
4.rotten: addle eggs.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME adel rotten, OE adela liquid, filth; c. MLG adele liquid manure]
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ad·dle    Audio Help   (ād'l)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   ad·dled, ad·dling, ad·dles

v.   tr.
To muddle; confuse: "My brain is a bit addled by whiskey" (Eugene O'Neill). See Synonyms at confuse.

v.   intr.
  1. To become confused.
  2. To become rotten, as an egg.


[From Middle English adel, rotten, from Old English adel, pool of excrement.]

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