Empuzzle

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To puzzle. archaic

    "It hath empuzzeled the enquiries of others to apprehend, and enforced them unto strange conceptions, to make out how without fear or doubt she [Eve] could discourse with such a creature, or hear a Serpent speak, without suspition of imposture."

Synonyms

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puzzle

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"It hath empuzzeled the enquiries of others to apprehend, and enforced them unto strange conceptions, to make out how without fear or doubt she [Eve] could discourse with such a creature, or hear a Serpent speak, without suspition of imposture."

Etymology

From em- + puzzle.

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