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bemuddle

American  
[bih-muhd-l] / bɪˈmʌd l /

verb (used with object)

bemuddled, bemuddling

  1. to muddle or confuse (someone).

Etymology

Origin of bemuddle

First recorded in 1860–65; be- + muddle

Example Sentences

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But some modern sources of information have served at first to bemuddle, and then when more carefully sifted, to clear up the story.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

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