What does empuzzle mean?
Empuzzle means (archaic) To puzzle..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(archaic) To puzzle..
It hath empuzzeled the enquiries of others to apprehend, and enforced them unto strange conceptions, to make out how without fear or doubt she [Eve] could discourse with such a creature, or hear a Serpent speak, without suspition of imposture.
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.
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Empuzzle means (archaic) To puzzle..
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It hath empuzzeled the enquiries of others to apprehend, and enforced them unto strange conceptions, to make out how without fear or doubt she [Eve] could discourse with such a creature, or hear a Serpent speak, without suspition of imposture.
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