unconfound

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To free from a state of confusion.

   • they boast to be the throne and scepter of Christ, abſolve him, unconfound him, though unconverted, unrepentant, unſenſible of all thir pretious Saints and Martyrs whose blood they have ſo oft laid upon his head
   • Perhaps the following material, taken from the "Technocracy Study Course" will serve to "unconfound" some of the utterances we hear, which surely must be intended to "confound."
   • But the greatest and most crucial help has come from my wife Lynn. Although not a mathematician, she managed to unconfound much of this mathematician's gibberish.
2. 2

   To distinguish between things or situations that have been combined in a way that makes…

   To distinguish between things or situations that have been combined in a way that makes them indistinguishable.

   • I reckon that my god-ſon now begins to chatter, and to confound two or three languages. No matter; they are ſo much clear gain to him, and in time he will unconfound them of himſelf .
   • The most important question, however, is whether he can easily put those observations together and unconfound the effects of role and gender on trait ascriptions.
   • What you need to do is unconfound the nicotine intake from the other smoking-associated stimuli.

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