- (a.) To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense or anxiety.
- (a.) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.
- (a.) To plague; to vex; to tormen.
- (a.) Intricate; difficult.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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