4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]

One man's lust these many lives confounds.

Shak.

How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour?

Shak.

Syn. -- To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.

Con*found"ed, a. 1. Confused; perplexed.

A cloudy and confounded philosopher.

Cudworth.

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