Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PUZ'ZLE, v.t. [from the root of pose, – which see.]

1. To perplex; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to gravel. A shrewd disputant in those points, is dexterous in puzzling others. – More. He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders. – Addison.
2. To make intricate; to entangle. The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, / Puzzl'd in mazes and perplex'd with error. – Addison.