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be⋅wil⋅der

  [bi-wil-der]
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–verb (used with object)
to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex: These shifting attitudes bewilder me.
Origin:
1675–85; be- + wilder (v.)

Synonyms:
mystify, nonplus, confuse, daze, confound, stagger, muddle.
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Word Origin & History

bewilder 
1684, from be- "thoroughly" + archaic wilder "lead astray, lure into the wilds," probably a back-formation of wilderness. An earlier word with the same sense was bewhape (c.1320).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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