Both Uses
perplex
in
Rip Van Winkle
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- He again called and whistled after his dog; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows sporting high in air about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities.†
perplexities = things that confuse
- Rip was sorely perplexed.†
*perplexed = confused or puzzled
Definitions:
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(1)
(perplex) to confuse
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)