"confuscate" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "confuscates",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confuscating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "confuscated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
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      "form": "confuscated",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To confuse, confound, or perplex."
      ],
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          "confuse"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "sense": "confuse",
          "word": "confusticate"
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        "To complicate; to cause confusion."
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  "word": "confuscate"
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    {
      "form": "confuscating",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "confuscated",
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      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "confuse",
      "word": "confusticate"
    }
  ],
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