confound

v 1: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think

clearly: "These questions confuse even the experts";

"This question completely threw me"; "This question

befuddled even the teacher" [syn: {confuse}, {throw}, {fox},

{befuddle}, {fuddle}, {bedevil}, {discombobulate}]

2: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with

the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"

[syn: {mistake}, {confuse}]