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# bewilder

verb (bewilder, bewilders, bewildered, bewildering)

«bewilder» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To bewilder someone is to confuse them so much that they do not know what to think or do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewilder/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a strange change or a splendid place leaves the hero or princess bewildered.

### Examples

- The Princess said, «It is bewildering!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewilder/#x1)
- The maze of halls was enough to bewilder anyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewilder/#x2)
- The long maths problem bewildered me at first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewilder/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in tales a strange change or a splendid place leaves the hero or princess bewildered.

### Examples

- The various commentaries upon it are more apt to bewilder the student than to enlighten him. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bewilder/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bewilder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewilder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bewilder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bewilder.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «bewilder» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bewilder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bewilder» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bewilder.html) on Mova free.