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be⋅muse

  [bi-myooz]
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–verb (used with object), -mused, -mus⋅ing.
to bewilder or confuse (someone).
Origin:
1695–1705; be- + muse

Related forms:
be⋅muse⋅ment, noun
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be·muse   (bĭ-myōōz')   
tr.v.   be·mused, be·mus·ing, be·mus·es
  1. To cause to be bewildered; confuse. See Synonyms at daze.
  2. To cause to be engrossed in thought.
be·mus'ed·ly (-myōō'zĭd-lē) adv., be·muse'ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Bemuse

Be*muse"\, v. t. To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.

A parson much bemused in beer. --Pope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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bemuse 
1735, "to make utterly confused," from be- + muse (cf. amuse). Used humorously by Pope (1705) in the sense "devoted utterly to the Muses."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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