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Verb: bemuse  bi'myooz
  1. Confuse or disorient completely
    "This play will delight and bemuse you with its nimble humour";
    - bewilder, discombobulate [informal], throw
     
  2. Cause to be lost in thought or dreamy contemplation
    "The beautiful sunset bemused him into silence"

Derived forms: bemusing, bemused, bemuses

Type of: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune [rare], upset