2. To pronounce or characterize as a whore. Shak.

Be*wig" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewigged (&?;).] To cover (the head) with a wig. Hawthorne.

Be*wil"der (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewildered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bewildering.] [Pref. be- + wilder.] To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.

Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search.

Addison.

Syn. -- To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray.

Be*wil"dered (&?;), a. Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.

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