Bemuse: alternatives and connections

To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

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To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

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To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

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To set up; to put upright.

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To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.