Confound and Explicate

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Confound verb - To throw into a state of mental uncertainty.

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Explicate is an antonym for confound in confuse topic.

Nearby Words: confounding, confoundedly

Explicate verb - To make plain or understandable.

Usage example: the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen

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Confound is an antonym for explicate.

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