meaning of confounds
1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
5. mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the
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