LekhoriLekhoriTo cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.
To plague; to vex; to torment.
Chloe's the wonder of her sex, 'Tis well her heart is tender, How might such killing eyes perplex, With virtue to defend her.
intricate; difficult
How the soul directs the spirits for the motion of the body, according to the several animal exigents, is as perplex in the Theory, as either of the former.
A difficulty.
From Old French, from Latin perplexus (“entangled, confused”), from per (“through”) + plexus, perfect passive participle of plectō (“plait, weave, braid”).
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