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What is the verb for befuddles?

What's the verb for befuddles? Here's the word you're looking for.

befuddle
  1. (transitive) to perplex, confuse (someone)
  2. (transitive) to stupefy someone, especially with alcohol
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  4. Examples:
    1. “There's another factor at work here, a kind of commercial disingenuousness that aims to befuddle the listener on his own ground.”
      “There's another factor at work here, a kind of commercial disingenuity that aims to befuddle the listener on his own ground.”
      “I'm bound to say that I can't see the difference, and suspect he wants to muddy the waters and befuddle the voters.”
befuddled
befuddles
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befuddle
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It always befuddles me how we are setting up cops with confiscated cocaine when there's real crime going on.”
      “The complexity often befuddles the people who have lived there for hundreds of generations, let alone the outside expert.”
      “What befuddles certain Conferences is that routine solidifies and leads to stagnation.”
befuddling
  1. present participle of befuddle
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The letters I-J-K appear unpronounceably together on vernacular signboards, with the sole intention of befuddling non-Dutch-speaking mankind.”
      “That such blandness should still predominate is all the more befuddling because the quality of the main ingredients is impeccable.”
      “There remains plenty to gasp at and enjoy, including a befuddling clairvoyancy number and a William-Tell-with-a-paintball-gun routine.”
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