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"perplex" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often pose (4 letters).
Definitions
make more complicated
Word origin
From Old French, from Latin perplexus (“entangled, confused”), from per (“through”) + plexus, perfect passive participle of plectō (“plait, weave, braid”).
Used in a sentence
“What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.”
“The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate, Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors; Our Underſtanding traces ’em in vain, Loſt and bewilder’d in the fruitleſs Search; […]”
“Chloe's the wonder of her sex, 'Tis well her heart is tender, How might such killing eyes perplex, With virtue to defend her.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Confuse deeply”7 letters
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