Definition of confuses:
(v) :
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
(v) :
(transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
(v) :
(transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
(v) :
(intransitive) To be confused.
(v) :
(transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
(v) :
(transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.