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t. [ confuse. Let us go down, and there confound their language. Gen. xi. 7. There the fresh and salt water woald meete and be confounded together. Coryat, Crudities, I. 195. Such a numerous host Fled not in silence through the frighted deep, With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded. Milton, P. L., ii. 996. 2. To treat or regard erroneously as identical; mix or a ociate by mistake. It is a common error in politics to confound means with ends. Macaulay , Burleigh and his Times. Ought well-being to be so absolutely confounded with wealth? J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 127. 3. To throw into confusion; perplex with sudden disturbance, terror, or surprise; stupefy with amazement. And rood with grete Host, in alle that ever he myghte, for to confounde the Cristene men. Mandeville, Travels, p. 260. So spake the Son of God; and Satan stood Awhile, as mute, confounded what to say. Milton , P. R., iii. 2. IMG:content-1048.png:[blocks in formation] A man succeeds because he has more power of eye than Emerson, Eloquence. another, and so coaxes or confounds him 4. To destroy; bring to naught; overthrow; ruin; spoil. [Archaic.] Yit somer wol it [wine] soure and so confounde , And winter wol endure and kepe it longe. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 90. O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let me never be con founded . Te Deum , in Book of Common Prayer. The uncertainty of the end of this world hath confounded all human predictions. Sir T. Browne , Letter to a Friend. So deep a malice, to confound the race Of mankind in one root. Milton , P. L., ii. 382. Bad counsel confounds the adviser. Emerson , Compensation. Hence such interjectional phrases as confound it! con- found the fellow! which are relics of the fuller impreca- tions, God confound it! God confound the fellow! etc. 5t. To waste or spend usele ly, as time. He did confound the best part of an hour In changing hardiment with great Glen dower. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., i. 3. = Syn. 1. See list under confuse.-3. Confuse, etc. See abash, Of the same strain is their witty descant of my con- founded ne . Milton , On Def. of Humb. Remonst. confounder (kon-founder), n. One who or that which confounds. (a) One who disturbs the mind, perplexes, refutes, frustrates, or puts to confusion or si- lence. Ignorance, the common confounder of truth. The precipice where off is equal to anything of that na- ture I have seene in ye most confragose cataracts of the Alpes. Evelyn , Diary, June 27, 1654. IMG:content-1049.png:[blocks in formation] Sandys , Travailes, p. 1. Lowell, Com. Ode. Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us fiercely. 3. To set face to face; bring into the presence of, as for proof or verification: followed by with : as, the accused was confronted with the witne , or with the body of his victim. In full court, or in small committee, or confronted face to face, accuser and accused, men offer then is elves to be judged. Emerson , E ays, 1st ser., p. 259. 4. To set together for comparison; bring into contrast: with with . [Rare.] When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. Add is on, Ancient Medals. confrontt, n. [ Cra. Alas, sir, they desire to follow you. But afar off! the farther off the better. Combinations of ideas which have never been feelings, or never verified by confrontation with reality. confraternity (kon-fra-ter'ni-ti), n.; pl.confra- ternities (-tiz). [= F. con frater nité = Pr. con- frater nit at = Sp. conf rat ern i dad = Pg. confra- ternidade = It. con frater nità , G. H. Lewes, Probs, of Life and Mind, II. iv. § 15. confronté (F. pron. kôn-frôn-tā'), a . [F., pp. of confronter , confront: see confront , v .] In her ., same as affronté . nit a (t-)s, a brotherhood, con frater , pl. confra- tres , colleague, fellow, com- , with, together, + frater , brother: see com-, brother , and con- frère. Cf. fraternity.] A brotherhood; a soc i- ety or body of men united for some purpose or in some profe ion; specifically, in the Rom. Cath. Ch ., a lay brotherhood devoted to some particular religious or charitable service: as (in the middle ages), the confraternity of bridge- builders. The word is now similarly used in the Anglican and Protestant Episcopal churches. Also called sodality . fronts. confrontment (kon-frunt'ment), n. [= It. con- front a men to ; as confront + -ment .] The act of confronting; a placing face to face for com- parison. [Rare.] Confucian (kon-fü'shian), a . [ Confucius , a Latinized form of Chinese K'ung - fu - tse (also written in E. Kung -or Kong - fu- tsi ), lit. 'K'üng the philosopher,' + -an.] 1. Of or pertaining to Confucius, the celebrated philosopher of China (551-478 B. c.), or to his teachings: as, the Confucian ethics; Confucian literature. See Con fuci an ism .-2. Erected or maintained in honor of Confucius: as, a Confucian temple. Con fuci an ism (kon-fü'shian-izm), n. [ Confu- cian +-ism.] Properly, the ethico-political sys- Con fuci an ism pure and simple is in our opinion no re- ligion at all. The e ence of Con fuci an ism is an antiqua- rian adherence to traditional forms of etiquette-taking the place of ethics; a sceptic denial of any relation between man and a living God - taking the place of religion; while there is encouraged a sort of worship of human genius, combined with a set of despotic political theories. But who can honestly call this a religion? China Rev., VIII. 59. I use the term Con fuci an ism as covering, first of all, the ancient religion of China, and then the views of the great philosopher himself, in illustration or modification of it. J. Legge, Religions of China, p. 4. [ Confu- Con fuci an ist (kon-fü'shian-ist), n. cian +-ist.] 1. A follower of Confucius; one who adheres to the system of ethics taught by Confucius. 2. A student of Con fuci an ism or of Confucian literature. con fuoco (kon fwōkō). [It.: con, cum , with; fuoco = Sp. fuego =Pg. fogo = Pr. fuoc , foc = F. feu , fire, pa ion, focus , fireplace: see focus .] In music , with fire or impetuosity. confusability (kon-fu-za-bil'i-ti), n. [ sable : see- bility .] Capability of being còn- Milton , P. L., ii. 952. With our Christian habit of connecting God with good- ne and love, we confuse together the notions of a the- ology and a faith. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 59. 2. To perplex or derange the mind or ideas of; embarra ; ra ; disconcert; bewilder; confound. The want of arrangement and connexion confuses the reader. Whately , Rhetoric. Has the shock, so harshly given, Confused me? Tennyson, In Memoriam, xvi. Troubles confuse the little wit he has. ly) to remedy the degeneracy and oppre ions of time, and to secure peace and prosperity to the empire, by the spread of learning and the inculcation of virtue, setting up as models to be imitated the "ancient kings" Yao and Shun (about 2356-2204 B. C.), who, by their virtue and the removed evil, poverty, and ignorance from the empire. force of their individual character, were said to have The system of Confucius was e entially mundane in its methods and aims, being based upon the proper discharge of the duties involved in the five relationships of life, name- ly, those of prince and subject, parent and child, brother and brother, husband and wife, and friend and friend. By many Con fuci an ism is called one of the three religions of China, the others being Taoism and Buddhism. In this sense the term includes both the Confucian scheme of ethics and statecraft and the ancient native religion (for confused 4. Perplexed; embarra ed; disconcerted. Remaining utterly confused with fears. Tennyson , Palace of Art. =Syn. 1. Indiscriminate, indistinct, intricate, deranged. -4. Mystified, bewildered, flurried, abashed, discom posed, agitated, mortified. confusedly (kon-fū'zed-li), adv. 1. In a confused manner; in mixed ma or multitude, without order; indiscriminately; indistinctly; unclearly; indistinguishably. Neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire, But all these in their pregnant causes mix'd Confusedly. Milton , P. L., ii. 914. 2. With confusion or agitation of mind. He confusedly and obscurely delivered his opinion. Clarendon, IMG:content-1050.png:[blocks in formation] confuselyt (kon-fūz'li), adv. Confusedly; obscurely. As when a name lodg'd in the memory, But yet through time almost obliterate, Confusely hovers near the phantasy. Dr. H. More, Psych a than asia, II. iii. 11.