v. rare. [f. BE- 2 + PUZZLE v.] trans. To puzzle greatly.
1599. Nashe, Lent. Stuffe, 6. A matter that egregiously bepuzled and entranced my apprehension.
Hence Bepuzzlement, perplexing, perplexity.
1806. Knox & Jebb, Corr., I. 295. To the bepuzzlement of the ignorant, and the bedazzlement of the superficial.
1885. Daily News, 21 Feb., 5/6. Stewart … used to express to me his bepuzzlement as to what could be the object of the campaign.
