empuzzle

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verb

To puzzle.

First used 17th–19th c.Scrabble 30
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Meanings

verbempuzzle (third-person singular simple present empuzzles, present participle empuzzling, simple past and past participle empuzzled)

present singular third person empuzzles · participle present empuzzling · participle past empuzzled · past empuzzled

  1. obsoleteTo puzzle.First known use 17th–19th c.

    They twist and trip and intervolve it well, Flinging their phasms fantastically high, Circling her chair with maze inscrutable, Not to be follow’d by th’ empuzzled eye.

    1822, William Tennant, The Thane of Fife, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, Canto II, Stanza 64, p. 83
    1 more example

    It hath empuzzeled the enquiries of others to apprehend […] how without fear or doubt she could discourse with such a creature, or hear a Serpent speak, without suspition of imposture.

    1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Book I, Chapter 1, p. 1

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
puzzle

Origin

From em- + puzzle.

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APA

empuzzle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empuzzle

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Chicago

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