"befuzzle" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Blend of befuddle + puzzle. Compare confuzzle.",
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      "form": "befuzzles",
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    {
      "form": "befuzzling",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "befuzzled",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "befuzzled",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1967, Viola E. Koch, This Young Country: A Saga of America in Transition",
          "text": "There is hardly a family in the land not touched by death in their families because of it as alcohol rides our highways befuzzling the minds of our nation's drivers",
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        "To confuse"
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        "(informal) To confuse"
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "befuzzle"
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      "form": "befuzzles",
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      "form": "befuzzling",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "befuzzled",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befuzzled",
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        "past"
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        "To confuse"
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        "(informal) To confuse"
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  "word": "befuzzle"
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