01 v. t. To make turbid, or muddy, as water.
imp. & p. p.
Muddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muddling
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1.
To make turbid, or muddy, as water.[Obs.]“He did ill to muddle the water.” — L'Estrange.
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To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.“Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right way.” — Bentley.“Often drunk, always muddled.” — Arbuthnot.
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To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.[R.]“They muddle it [money] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it.” — Hazlitt.
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4.
To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.