befuddle

Etymology

be- + fuddle

verb

  1. (transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
    The explanation left him completely befuddled.
  2. (transitive) To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.
    ... to the American and French alcoholics, who drink in order to get drunk and befuddle the brain 1983, Basile Kerblay, Modern Soviet Society, page 290

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