An archaic form meaning to confound, confuse, or condemn; to sound together in discord.
From Middle English consounen, blending confound and sound. Related to con- (together) plus sound, possibly influenced by French confondre.
This strange archaic verb mixed the meanings of 'sound' and 'confound'—showing how medieval writers experimented with language, creating vivid but short-lived words!
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