Толковый словарь английского языка - puzzle
Puzzle
puzzle
I. verb (~d; puzzling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1582 transitive verb to offer or represent to (as a person) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve ; challenge mentally, complicate , entangle , to solve with difficulty or ingenuity , intransitive verb to be uncertain as to action or choice, to attempt a solution of a ~ by guesswork or experiment , ~r noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: circa 1612 the state of being ~d ; perplexity , 2. something that ~s, a question, problem, or contrivance designed for testing ingenuity, see: mystery
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n. & v. --n. 1 a difficult or confusing problem; an enigma. 2 a problem or toy designed to test knowledge or ingenuity. --v. 1 tr. confound or disconcert mentally. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by over etc.) be perplexed (about). 3 tr. (usu. as puzzling adj.) require much thought to comprehend (a puzzling situation). 4 tr. (foll. by out) solve or understand by hard thought. Derivatives puzzlement n. puzzlingly adv. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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