Syn. -- To entangle; involve; complicate; embarrass; puzzle; bewilder;
confuse; distract. See Embarrass.
Per*plex", a. [L. perplexus entangled, intricate; per + plectere,
plexum, to plait, braid: cf. F. perplexe. See Per-, and Plait.]
Intricate; difficult. [Obs.] Glanvill.
Per*plexed" (?), a. Entangled, involved, or confused; hence,
embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious. -- Per*plex"ed*ly (#), adv. --
Per*plex"ed*ness, n.
Per*plex"ing (?), a. Embarrassing; puzzling; troublesome. "Perplexing
thoughts." Milton.
Per*plex"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Perplexities (#). [L. perplexitas: cf. F.
perplexitÈ.] The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled;
complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through
doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more.
Milton.
Per*plex"ive*ness (?), n. The quality of being perplexing; tendency to
perplex. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Per*plex"ly, adv. Perplexedly. [Obs.] Milton.
Per`po*ta"tion (?), n. [L. perpotatio, fr. perpotate. See Per-, and
Potation.] The act of drinking excessively; a drinking bout. [Obs.]
Per"qui*site (?), n. [L. perquisitum, fr. perquisitus, p. p. of
perquirere to ask for diligently; per + quaerere to seek. See Per-, and
Quest.] 1. Something gained from a place or employment over and above
the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a
fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service.
The pillage of a place taken by storm was regarded as the
perquisite of the soldiers.
Prescott.
The best perquisites of a place are the advantages it gaves a man
of doing good.
Addison.
2. pl. (Law) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with
his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.
Mozley & W.
Per"qui*sit*ed, a. Supplied with perquisites. [Obs.] "Perquisited
varlets frequent stand." Savage.
Per`qui*si"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. perquisition.] A thorough inquiry of
search. [R.] Berkeley.
Per*ra"di*al (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Situated around the radii, or radial
tubes, of a radiate.
Per"rie (?), n. [F. pierreries, pl., fr. pierre stone, L. petra.]
Precious stones; jewels. [Obs.] [Written also perre, perrye, etc.]
Chaucer.
Per"ri*er (?), n. [OF. perriere, perrier, F. perrier. Cf. Pederero.]
(Mil.) A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot. Hakluyt.
Per`ro*quet" (?), n. [F.] (Zoˆl.) See Paroquet, Parakeet.
||Per`ruque" (?), n. [F.] See Peruke.
Per*ru"qui*er (?), n. [F.] A marker of perukes or wigs.
Per"ry (?), n. [OF. perÈ, F. poirÈ, fr. poire a pear, L. pirum. See
Pear the fruit.] A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider.
Mortimer.