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bewilder (verb), bewilders; bewildered; bewildering
1. To cause someone to be confused, flustered, or perplexed: While Shirley was driving to another city, she was bewildered by the road signs and had to stop and check her map.
2. Etymology: from the late 17th century, be-, "thoroughly" + archaic or obsolete wilder, "to lead astray, to lure into the wilds" of unknown origin.
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