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puzzle
verb
-
puzzle
,
puzzling
,
puzzles
,
puzzled
to
confuse
or
baffle
someone
by
being
difficult
to
understand
•
The
complicated
instructions
puzzled
the
tourists
at
the
ticket
machine
.
The
complicated
instructions
puzzled
the
tourists
at
the
ticket
machine
.
•
Her
unexpected
answer
puzzled
the
teacher
.
Her
unexpected
answer
puzzled
the
teacher
.
Earliest
verb
sense
meaning
“
confuse
”
dates
from
late
1500s
,
possibly
related
to
“
pose
”
a
problem
.
verb
-
puzzle
,
puzzling
,
puzzles
,
puzzled
to
think
carefully
for
a
long
time
while
trying
to
understand
or
solve
something
•
He
sat
by
the
fire
,
puzzling
over
the
ancient
map
.
He
sat
by
the
fire
,
puzzling
over
the
ancient
map
.
•
I
spent
the
afternoon
puzzling
about
how
to
fix
the
leak
.
I
spent
the
afternoon
puzzling
about
how
to
fix
the
leak
.
Derived
from
the
transitive
sense
:
one
who
is
puzzled
begins
to
puzzle
over
a
problem
.
