Unconfound
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To free from a state of confusion. transitive
"they boast to be the throne and scepter of Christ, abſolve him, unconfound him, though unconverted, unrepentant, unſenſible of all thir pretious Saints and Martyrs whose blood they have ſo oft laid upon his head"
- 2 To distinguish between things or situations that have been combined in a way that makes them indistinguishable.
"I reckon that my god-ſon now begins to chatter, and to confound two or three languages. No matter; they are ſo much clear gain to him, and in time he will unconfound them of himſelf ."
Example
More examples"they boast to be the throne and scepter of Christ, abſolve him, unconfound him, though unconverted, unrepentant, unſenſible of all thir pretious Saints and Martyrs whose blood they have ſo oft laid upon his head"
Etymology
From un- + confound.
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