v. [f. BE- 2, 6 + MUDDLE.] trans. To confuse or muddle completely. Hence Bemuddled ppl. a., Bemuddlement.
1862. Sat. Rev., XIII. 619/1. Novel-readers who … bemuddle their brains in the reading-room day after day.
1883. A. Watson in Mag. Art, 486/1. A wild, bemuddled dream.
1884. Pall Mall Gaz., 13 May, 1/2. In such a state of bemuddlement and confusion.
