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Definition of Confuses
1. confuse [v] - See also: confuse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confuses
Literary usage of Confuses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"never confuses the judgment of humanity (to use his rather magniloquent expression)
by argumentation and special pleading, his treatment of his theme is to ..."
2. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"The necessity of doing this perhaps somewhat weakens the serious impressions of
young men, at least till the understanding is formed ; and confuses their ..."
3. The Origin and Development of Religious Belief by Sabine Baring-Gould (1892)
"The relation between man and God—Deism admits the relation of origin alone—Pantheism
confuses the factors—Christianity preserves the factors and determines ..."
4. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred Stapley Byne (1915)
"and other utensils fit either for the outfit of a bride or a soldier are in such
large quantities that the mere thought of them confuses the imagination. ..."
5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1804)
"... confuses instead of assisting the mind. Though well acquainted with the
situation of the Troad, this unfortunate part of Europe in a corner, ..."
6. The Theological and Literary Journal (1851)
"... then the language of emotion, forced from its right place, and treated as if
it were a part of a nicely measured syllogism, hampers and confuses his ..."
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